To satisfy the database retention requirements, which configuration should you recommend?

Configuring a long-term retention (LTR) policy for the database is the correct solution because LTR policies are specifically designed to meet regulatory and compliance requirements for retaining database backups for extended periods, up to 10 years. This directly addresses the need for specific database retention. Azure Site Recovery is incorrect because it focuses on disaster recovery and business continuity by replicating virtual machines, not on long-term database backup retention. Using automatic Azure SQL Database backups is incorrect because while these backups occur automatically, their default retention period is typically much shorter (e.g., 7-35 days) and does not meet long-term retention requirements without an LTR policy. Configuring geo-replication is incorrect because it creates readable secondary replicas for high availability and disaster recovery, not for long-term backup retention. It keeps data synchronized, but does not provide historical backups for compliance.