You are working on a project in a financial organization and have to adhere to the laid regulatory requirements. The project you are working for involves 3 applications on a Windows server and is using RDBMS. To be compliant with the regulatory requirements you need to ensure that the user data remains in their specific geographic location and is secured at the level of database rows. 
Which database offering from Azure would be an ideal fit for this scenario?

Answer options:

A.Azure Data Lake
B.Cosmos DB
C.SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
D.Azure SQL Edge

Correct Answer: C
Option A is INCORRECT. Microsoft Azure data lake is an offering that provides storage and analytics services for big data.
Option B is INCORRECT. Fully managed NoSQL database service, Azure Cosmos DB, is a suitable choice for storage of analyzed and transformed IoT data
Option C is CORRECT. SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines facilitates the use of full versions SQL Server in the cloud. Manage of hardware is not required as this is a managed offering with pay as you go pricing model. Azure VMs run in different regions across the globe and can be configured to adhere to the regulatory requirements.
Option D is INCORRECT. Azure SQL edge is a database offering from Azure that is fit for IoT and edge deployments. In the given scenario SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines because Azure VMs in different regions will help ensure that the user data is in the geographic location intended and also the row-level security will be maintained.
References: 

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/data-lake-storage-introduction
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/cosmos-db/
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/virtual-machines/windows/sql-server-on-azure-vm-iaas-what-is-overview