A manufacturer wants a managed SQL database running on its own Kubernetes cluster inside a factory, because the data must stay on site. The company still wants to view and govern that instance from the Azure portal. Which offering matches this need?
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Answer: B
Azure Arc-enabled data services run Azure data services, such as SQL Managed Instance and PostgreSQL, on infrastructure the customer owns, including Kubernetes clusters at the edge or in a datacenter. Azure Arc provides the connection that lets the instance appear and be governed in the Azure portal. The data stays on site while the team keeps the familiar Azure management experience.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. MySQL Flexible Server is a fully managed service hosted in Azure. It cannot be deployed onto a customer's own cluster inside a factory.
- C. Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL is a distributed service hosted in Azure regions. It is not installed onto customer-owned Kubernetes infrastructure.
- D. Synapse serverless SQL pools query data lake files in the Azure cloud. They are not a self-hosted, on-site database engine.