SnowPro Advanced: Architect — Question 68

A company has a Snowflake environment running in AWS us-west-2 (Oregon). The company needs to share data privately with a customer who is running their Snowflake environment in Azure East US 2 (Virginia).

What is the recommended sequence of operations that must be followed to meet this requirement?

Answer options

• A. 1. Create a share and add the database privileges to the share 2. Create a new listing on the Snowflake Marketplace 3. Alter the listing and add the share 4. Instruct the customer to subscribe to the listing on the Snowflake Marketplace
• B. 1. Ask the customer to create a new Snowflake account in Azure EAST US 2 (Virginia) 2. Create a share and add the database privileges to the share 3. Alter the share and add the customer's Snowflake account to the share
• C. 1. Create a new Snowflake account in Azure East US 2 (Virginia) 2. Set up replication between AWS us-west-2 (Oregon) and Azure East US 2 (Virginia) for the database objects to be shared 3. Create a share and add the database privileges to the share 4. Alter the share and add the customer's Snowflake account to the share
• D. 1. Create a reader account in Azure East US 2 (Virginia) 2. Create a share and add the database privileges to the share 3. Add the reader account to the share 4. Share the reader account's URL and credentials with the customer

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct sequence of operations involves creating a new Snowflake account in Azure, setting up replication, creating a share, and adding the customer's account to the share. Options A and D do not address the need for replication between different cloud environments, while option B lacks the necessary step of setting up replication and assumes the customer already has an account.