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Collect source version, compatibility level, blockers, logins, SQL Agent jobs, linked servers, TDE key dependencies, storage size and application integration map. These checks primarily test Azure SQL migration assessment and feature compatibility instead of the critical system behavior in this case. Examine: Inspect migration replication health, source change rate, lag, database compatibility, authentication, connection-string cutover and residual transaction state.

Inspect predicate selectivity, partition elimination, split/merge plans, aligned indexes, compression CPU overhead and real data size reduction. These checks primarily test Table partitioning compression and scale-out tradeoffs instead of the critical system behavior in this case. Examine: Inspect migration replication health, source change rate, lag, database compatibility, authentication, connection-string cutover and residual transaction state.

Compare database offering capabilities, deployment parameters, identity, networking, Fabric integration support, source control and tenant governance before provisioning. These checks primarily test Azure SQL deployment automation and Fabric SQL integration boundary instead of the critical system behavior in this case. Examine: Inspect migration replication health, source change rate, lag, database compatibility, authentication, connection-string cutover and residual transaction state.

Operators detect regressions against representative baseline periods and can link database symptoms to trustworthy collected performance evidence. This would validate Database watcher and Azure SQL monitoring baseline, but it does not establish the required outcome here. Verify instead: A representative mix of small and large parameter executions achieves stable resource use, with intelligent feature effects monitored over time.

Long blocking chains shorten and transaction correctness remains valid after safe tuning, with deadlock retry policy and consistency requirements addressed. This would validate Blocking deadlocks and isolation strategy, but it does not establish the required outcome here. Verify instead: A representative mix of small and large parameter executions achieves stable resource use, with intelligent feature effects monitored over time.

Alerts fire for meaningful sustained database risk while log delivery and missing-metric gaps are independently observable. This would validate Azure Monitor alerts diagnostics and resource metrics, but it does not establish the required outcome here. Verify instead: A representative mix of small and large parameter executions achieves stable resource use, with intelligent feature effects monitored over time.

Inspect predicate selectivity, partition elimination, split/merge plans, aligned indexes, compression CPU overhead and real data size reduction. These checks primarily test Table partitioning compression and scale-out tradeoffs instead of the critical system behavior in this case. Examine: Inspect migration replication health, source change rate, lag, database compatibility, authentication, connection-string cutover and residual transaction state.

Collect source version, compatibility level, blockers, logins, SQL Agent jobs, linked servers, TDE key dependencies, storage size and application integration map. These checks primarily test Azure SQL migration assessment and feature compatibility instead of the critical system behavior in this case. Examine: Inspect migration replication health, source change rate, lag, database compatibility, authentication, connection-string cutover and residual transaction state.

Inspect backup format, target offering limits, export size, authentication mapping, integrity checks, DBCC findings, workload baselines and cutover test results. These checks primarily test Offline migration and post-migration verification instead of the critical system behavior in this case. Examine: Inspect migration replication health, source change rate, lag, database compatibility, authentication, connection-string cutover and residual transaction state.

Configure supported metrics, diagnostic settings and alerts for Azure SQL resources to detect real performance or availability regressions with correct thresholds and missing-data treatment. This addresses Azure Monitor alerts diagnostics and resource metrics, not the controlling requirement here. A low CPU value does not mean an app is healthy; incorrect aggregation or missing telemetry can hide blocked sessions and failures. Prefer: Review actual execution plans, predicate sargability, cardinality estimates and suitable index designs before adding indexes or scaling hardware.

Distinguish compute, data IO, log IO, memory and blocking contention using correlated counters, wait types and workload-specific thresholds before changing resources. This addresses SQL operational baseline across waits locks and storage, not the controlling requirement here. One wait type alone is not a universal diagnosis; waits, plan behavior, request duration and resource data must be read together. Prefer: Review actual execution plans, predicate sargability, cardinality estimates and suitable index designs before adding indexes or scaling hardware.

Use Query Store to compare query runtime and plan history, identify a genuine plan regression, and force a known suitable plan only with ongoing validation and rollback. This addresses Query Store plan regressions and forced plans, not the controlling requirement here. Forcing a historical plan can mitigate a regression but does not make poor statistics or parameter sensitivity disappear and may fail after schema changes. Prefer: Review actual execution plans, predicate sargability, cardinality estimates and suitable index designs before adding indexes or scaling hardware.

Inspect job history return status, Database Mail profile, operator assignment, alert severity, retry steps, failure branching and delivery errors. These checks primarily test SQL Agent alerts operators and failure notifications instead of the critical system behavior in this case. Examine: Review subscription context, service principal or managed identity, Azure RBAC role, API response, database resource state and script error handling.

Inspect SQL Agent service state, job owner, proxy or credential, step subsystem, schedules, permissions, execution history and target database. These checks primarily test SQL Server Agent schedules and job ownership instead of the critical system behavior in this case. Examine: Review subscription context, service principal or managed identity, Azure RBAC role, API response, database resource state and script error handling.

Inspect template parameters, deployment scope, what-if output, module dependencies, identity role assignments and post-deploy effective configuration. These checks primarily test ARM and Bicep declarative Azure SQL provisioning instead of the critical system behavior in this case. Examine: Review subscription context, service principal or managed identity, Azure RBAC role, API response, database resource state and script error handling.

Inspect scans/seeks, key lookup counts, implicit conversions, estimated-versus-actual rows, missing-index recommendations and write amplification. This choice pertains to Execution plans cardinality and indexing improvements, not the needed response/evidence pair. Use: Use Resource Governor on supported SQL Server platforms for workload classification and resource controls, while choosing Azure SQL compute tier and database-scoped settings appropriately for PaaS. Check: Inspect supported platform, classifier function, workload groups, CPU and memory caps, connection routing, database-scoped settings and compute metrics.

Use supported Azure SQL automatic tuning or IQP features with monitoring and safety controls; verify supported recommendations and their observed effect before treating them as universal fixes. This choice pertains to Automatic tuning and intelligent query processing guardrails, not the needed response/evidence pair. Use: Use Resource Governor on supported SQL Server platforms for workload classification and resource controls, while choosing Azure SQL compute tier and database-scoped settings appropriately for PaaS. Check: Inspect supported platform, classifier function, workload groups, CPU and memory caps, connection routing, database-scoped settings and compute metrics.

A problematic query recovers representative execution time without forcing a plan that fails under other parameter or schema conditions. This choice pertains to Query Store plan regressions and forced plans, not the needed response/evidence pair. Use: Use Resource Governor on supported SQL Server platforms for workload classification and resource controls, while choosing Azure SQL compute tier and database-scoped settings appropriately for PaaS. Check: Inspect supported platform, classifier function, workload groups, CPU and memory caps, connection routing, database-scoped settings and compute metrics.

Inspect diagnostic recommendations, Query Store plan variability, runtime skew, parameter compilation, memory grant feedback and database compatibility settings. These checks primarily test Intelligent Insights and parameter-sensitive query analysis instead of the critical system behavior in this case. Examine: Inspect blocker/waiter SPIDs, wait_resource, open transactions, deadlock XML, isolation level, lock escalation and transaction duration.

Check automatic tuning mode, automatic plan correction state, index create/drop recommendations, plan verification, workload compatibility level and rollback events. These checks primarily test Automatic tuning and intelligent query processing guardrails instead of the critical system behavior in this case. Examine: Inspect blocker/waiter SPIDs, wait_resource, open transactions, deadlock XML, isolation level, lock escalation and transaction duration.

Inspect event session predicates, event fields, ring buffer or event file targets, dropped events, blocked process reports and collection overhead. These checks primarily test Extended Events and workload-specific incident evidence instead of the critical system behavior in this case. Examine: Inspect blocker/waiter SPIDs, wait_resource, open transactions, deadlock XML, isolation level, lock escalation and transaction duration.

Use Query Store to compare query runtime and plan history, identify a genuine plan regression, and force a known suitable plan only with ongoing validation and rollback. This addresses Query Store plan regressions and forced plans, not the controlling requirement here. Forcing a historical plan can mitigate a regression but does not make poor statistics or parameter sensitivity disappear and may fail after schema changes. Prefer: Distinguish compute, data IO, log IO, memory and blocking contention using correlated counters, wait types and workload-specific thresholds before changing resources.

Use Extended Events sessions to capture targeted SQL events and wait/blocking evidence with bounded collection and a safe target rather than enabling excessive full-query traces in production. This addresses Extended Events and workload-specific incident evidence, not the controlling requirement here. Extended Events supports focused diagnostic collection; an unfiltered high-volume session can itself increase production overhead and leak query text. Prefer: Distinguish compute, data IO, log IO, memory and blocking contention using correlated counters, wait types and workload-specific thresholds before changing resources.

Schedule integrity checks, index and statistics maintenance based on measured fragmentation, modification rates and SLA rather than indiscriminately rebuilding every object each night. This addresses Index and statistics maintenance with targeted cadence, not the controlling requirement here. Small index fragmentation percentages do not automatically justify full rebuild; large rebuilds consume log space and can block workloads. Prefer: Distinguish compute, data IO, log IO, memory and blocking contention using correlated counters, wait types and workload-specific thresholds before changing resources.

Inspect SESSION_CONTEXT usage, predicate function logic, policy state, object permissions, execution plans and cross-tenant test accounts. These checks primarily test Row-level security and ownership predicates instead of the critical system behavior in this case. Examine: Inspect sensitivity labels, masking expressions, UNMASK permissions, privileged role membership and direct query behavior across application identities.

Inspect tenant and server Entra administrator settings, token audience, user mapping, group membership, service principal, role grants and sign-in failures. These checks primarily test Microsoft Entra authentication with contained service identity instead of the critical system behavior in this case. Examine: Inspect sensitivity labels, masking expressions, UNMASK permissions, privileged role membership and direct query behavior across application identities.

Inspect server-level and database-level firewall rules, private endpoint approval and DNS, VNet/subnet routing, public network access status and certificate validation. These checks primarily test Azure SQL private endpoints firewall and TLS boundary instead of the critical system behavior in this case. Examine: Inspect sensitivity labels, masking expressions, UNMASK permissions, privileged role membership and direct query behavior across application identities.

Monitor Azure resource deployments and resolve failed dependencies or policy denials using logs and change review, with safe rollback plans for data-bearing SQL resources. This choice pertains to Deployment monitoring rollback and drift reconciliation, not the needed response/evidence pair. Use: Use Az PowerShell or Azure CLI in authenticated deployment workflows with the minimum Azure RBAC rights and explicit resource/subscription selection to manage approved SQL resources. Check: Review subscription context, service principal or managed identity, Azure RBAC role, API response, database resource state and script error handling.

Inspect step command, proxy token, connection defaults, deadlocks, Agent history output, last success timestamp and job rerun behavior. This choice pertains to SQL Agent job troubleshooting and idempotent maintenance, not the needed response/evidence pair. Use: Use Az PowerShell or Azure CLI in authenticated deployment workflows with the minimum Azure RBAC rights and explicit resource/subscription selection to manage approved SQL resources. Check: Review subscription context, service principal or managed identity, Azure RBAC role, API response, database resource state and script error handling.

The maintenance job executes on the approved cadence with least-privilege identity and traceable execution logs without depending on a personal admin login. This choice pertains to SQL Server Agent schedules and job ownership, not the needed response/evidence pair. Use: Use Az PowerShell or Azure CLI in authenticated deployment workflows with the minimum Azure RBAC rights and explicit resource/subscription selection to manage approved SQL resources. Check: Review subscription context, service principal or managed identity, Azure RBAC role, API response, database resource state and script error handling.

Check automatic tuning mode, automatic plan correction state, index create/drop recommendations, plan verification, workload compatibility level and rollback events. These checks primarily test Automatic tuning and intelligent query processing guardrails instead of the critical system behavior in this case. Examine: Inspect index page counts, fragmentation relevance, row modification counters, statistics age, update thresholds, DBCC CHECKDB results and blocking windows.

Inspect Query Store capture mode, runtime statistics, plan IDs, compatibility level, force-plan failure reasons and workload parameter distributions. These checks primarily test Query Store plan regressions and forced plans instead of the critical system behavior in this case. Examine: Inspect index page counts, fragmentation relevance, row modification counters, statistics age, update thresholds, DBCC CHECKDB results and blocking windows.

Inspect scans/seeks, key lookup counts, implicit conversions, estimated-versus-actual rows, missing-index recommendations and write amplification. These checks primarily test Execution plans cardinality and indexing improvements instead of the critical system behavior in this case. Examine: Inspect index page counts, fragmentation relevance, row modification counters, statistics age, update thresholds, DBCC CHECKDB results and blocking windows.