DP-300 Certification Practice Question #137

Question

You receive numerous alerts from Azure Monitor for an Azure SQL Database instance.
You need to reduce the number of alerts. You must only receive alerts if there is a significant change in usage patterns for an extended period.
Which two actions should you perform? Each correct answer presents part of the solution.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

Accepted Answer

To receive alerts only on significant, extended changes in usage patterns, two settings work together: (1) **Dynamic threshold** (B) — the system learns historical metric behavior and triggers only on genuine anomalies, not random spikes; and (2) **Low sensitivity** (D) — sets loose threshold bounds requiring large deviations to fire, drastically reducing noisy alerts. MS Learn confirms that Low sensitivity alerts "only trigger on large deviations, resulting in fewer alerts." High sensitivity would produce more alerts (the opposite of what is required), and a Static threshold cannot adapt to changing usage patterns.

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