Azure Administrator (AZ-104) Flashcards
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What type of Azure subscription scope is HIGHEST in the management hierarchy?
Answer: Management Group
Management Groups sit above subscriptions in the Azure hierarchy, allowing governance policies to be applied across multiple subscriptions at once.
Which Azure Monitor feature allows you to set up alerts when a metric crosses a threshold?
Answer: Metric Alerts
Azure Monitor Metric Alerts evaluate resource metrics at regular intervals and trigger notifications or actions when a threshold is crossed.
What does Azure Policy do?
Answer: Enforces organizational standards and compliance by evaluating Azure resources against defined rules
Azure Policy evaluates resources in Azure against business rules and can enforce compliance, deny non-compliant configurations, or audit existing resources.
Which Azure feature allows you to reserve VM capacity in a specific region for 1 or 3 years to receive significant cost discounts?
Answer: Reserved Instances
Azure Reserved VM Instances provide up to 72% savings compared to pay-as-you-go pricing in exchange for a 1- or 3-year commitment.
What is an Azure Managed Disk?
Answer: A block storage volume for Azure VMs where Azure manages the storage account
Azure Managed Disks are block-level storage volumes managed by Azure that simplify disk management by handling storage account details automatically.
What is the purpose of Azure Key Vault?
Answer: Securely storing and managing secrets, keys, and certificates
Azure Key Vault provides a secure, centralized store for secrets, cryptographic keys, and certificates, with access controlled by Azure RBAC and policies.
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