Clarification Needed Regarding a Statement on the Microsoft Learning Path

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Dear team,

Hope you are doing well.

While going through the content on the Microsoft Learning Path (URL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/describe-azure-storage-services/3-redundancy), I came across a statement that I believe might need correction. I may be mistaken, but based on my understanding, the statement could be revised for better accuracy or clarity.

The statement in question is: By default, data in the secondary region isn't available for read or write access unless there's a failover to the secondary region. If the primary region becomes unavailable, you can choose to fail over to the secondary region. After the failover has completed, the secondary region becomes the primary region, and you can again read and write data.

As per my understanding, it could be corrected to: By default, data in the secondary region isn't available for read or write access unless there's a failover to the primary region. If the primary region becomes unavailable, you can choose to fail over to the secondary region. After the failover has completed, the secondary region becomes the primary region, and you can again read and write data.

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Could you please confirm if my understanding is correct or clarify the intent behind the original statement? I’d appreciate your guidance on this.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Best regards,

Himanshu Jain

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Answer 1

The statement is correct. For the storage account in the secondary region to be writeable, the failover must take place from the primary to the secondary region.

A failover occurs to the secondary region, not to the primary. The primary region is the one that becomes unavailable, which necessitates failing over to the secondary region.

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Marcin