AZ900 -- MHS created

How many tenants can a single user belong to in Azure Active Directory?

500

What is a PowerShell cmdlet?

A lightweight command that is used in the PowerShell environment to perform an action.

Which benefits does adding a load balancer provide?

A load balancer can log traffic that passes through it. load balancer ensures only healthy servers process requests. When there is too much incoming network traffic for a single VM to handle, a load balancer can distribute the load to many VMs.

What is an address space on a virtual network?

A range of IP addresses that can be assigned to resources attached to the virtual network

What is an Azure region?

A set of datacenters, deployed within a latency-defined perimeter and connected through a dedicated regional low-latency network

What type of storage is Archive Storage?

Blob Storage

Why would you use the Azure Cloud Shell?

Cloud Shell enables access to a browser-based command-line experience built with Azure management tasks in mind.

What does fault tolerance describe for cloud computing?

Ensuring services and applications remain available in the event of a failure

What does Microsoft Defender for Identity (formerly Azure Advanced Threat Protection, also known as Azure ATP) do?

Helps you monitor user behavior in your on-premises and cloud environments.

What are some benefits of using a virtual machine on Azure?

No maintenance of hardware and only paying for what you use

What is the difference between OpEx and CapEx?

OpEx is an ongoing cost for running a business. CapEx is the cost of acquiring and maintaining assets.

What are Microsoft's most recommended support channels for Azure? (Choose 3).

Technical forums Social media Azure documentation

Which cloud ability does elasticity describe?

The ability to quickly expand or decrease computer processing, memory, and storage resources

What is the role of subscriptions in relation to Azure resources billing?

The billing of Azure resources in your account is generated at the subscription scope.

To limit spending on Azure, what is a recommended best practice?

Use Azure spending limits on resources and services.

What is a scale set?

A set of individual virtual machines that can be configured and managed as a single group. Can be activated or deactivated as needed.

What is a security policy in Security Center?

A set of rules that Azure can use to evaluate if your configuration of a service is valid

What does Infrastructure as a Service describe?

A type of cloud computing service that offers essential compute, storage, and networking resources on demand, on a pay-as-you-go basis

What is an availability zone?

A unique physical location within a region that is made up of one or more datacenters equipped with independent power, cooling, and networking

What is "serverless" computing?

A way for developers to build applications faster by eliminating the need for them to manage infrastructure

What is special about the China region in Azure?

All Azure services available in the China region are physically located inside China. All customer data is guaranteed to be geographically within China. You are guaranteed to be compliant with all Chinese data and IT regulations.

Which Azure products and services are available through the Azure Portal?

All products and services that are generally available and in private or public preview.

What is a distributed denial of service attack?

An attack where lots of computers targeting a single server or website with the aim of making it stop.

What can you store in a blob container inside Azure Storage?

Any kind of binary file, such as videos, images, documents, and applications

Which definition best describes compute on Microsoft Azure?

Any service that performs or enables a computation

When can you delete a resource group from Azure?

At any time, as long as your resources or resource group are not locked by a related service

What is the best definition of Azure DevOps?

Azure DevOps is a suite of 5 different tools to create more robust software, faster.

Which of the following are tools in Azure DevOps?

Azure Pipelines. Azure Boards. Azure Artifacts.

Which Azure calculator would you use to figure out monthly costs for Azure services?

Azure Pricing Calculator

True statements regarding Azure Resource Manager.

Azure Resource Manager is the deployment and management service for Azure. If a user sends a request from any Azure tools, APIs, or SDKs, Azure Resource Manager handles the request. Azure Resource Manager templates (ARM templates) always deploy resources in the same consistent state.

What is the difference between Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL?

Azure SQL is a managed service, meaning Azure takes care of all the infrastructure maintenance.

There is a potential threat to your Azure infrastructure from an outside attacker. Which service is best for detecting the threat and taking action?

Azure Sentinel

Your company suddenly has a bunch of new remote employees, who all need a Windows environment to work from. Which is the best Azure solution to get them up and running quickly?

Azure Virtual Desktop (formerly Windows Virtual Desktop)

How do resources on Azure use a virtual network?

Azure Virtual Network enables Azure resources to securely communicate with each other, the internet, and on-premises networks.

What are some of the likely outcomes from using Azure Data Lake Analytics to analyze Big Data?

Better decision-making from immediate analysis. Can lead to a cost reduction on data storage. Create products better aligned to customer needs.

Which types of blobs are supported by Azure Storage?

Block, Append, Page

Which services can feed data into Azure Monitor?

Both Azure services and on-premises services

What kind of questions and answers can you find in the Azure Q&A articles?

Common questions asked when first starting to use Azure.

Which companies must comply with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requirements?

Companies of any country must adhere to GDPR if their users and customers are located in the European Union.

What is a definition of Authentication?

Confirmation of your identity for a system.

What is the best scenario for using Azure ExpressRoute?

Connecting your on-premises networks into the Microsoft cloud over a private connection with the help of a connectivity provider

What is consumption-based pricing on Azure?

Consumption-based pricing is when you are charged for only what you use (pay-as-you-go rate).

What are some of the key advantages of using ARM templates for creating cloud infrastructure?

Declarative. Idempotency. Source Control.

Which of the following are features of role-based access control?

Defining which actions users can take on a resource Defining which users have access to specific Azure resources

Which of the following are types of locks in Azure?

Delete Read-only

What is a definition of Authorization?

Determination of access to a system based on assigned roles/permissions.

Which factors have an influence on the cost of using products and services on Azure?

How much bandwidth you will use Resource size The location of the service or resource

Which cloud service model do virtual machines belong to?

IaaS - Infrastructure as a Service

What is high availability in cloud computing?

If one resource on Azure dies unexpectedly, another resource will almost instantly take over the workload.

What are some of the limitations with a free Azure account?

Included Azure credits will expire after 30 days, and included free popular services expire after 12 months.

Which are Internet of Things services on Azure?

IoT Central. IoT Hub.

What is a benefit of a hybrid cloud approach?

It enables companies to use a mix of private and public cloud components.

What are the advantages of using a database for storing data?

It is a very powerful way of getting the data out in exactly the format you want. They offer the ability to sort and index data.

What is a good reason to use the Azure CLI?

It rarely changes, and the commands stay the same for the most part.

What are three use cases for the Azure Mobile App?

Maintain an insight on the go into the current status and health of your Azure environment. Respond to outages and emergencies from anywhere you have an internet connection. Interact with your Azure resources via Azure Resource Manager.

What is a recommended use case for Azure SQL?

Migrate your on-premises SQL Server instances directly to Azure and get all the benefits of managed instances.

What are the advantages of Cosmos DB?

Near-Infinite scaling to handle any demand. Very low latency. A large range of tools to work with Cosmos DB, such as SDKs, APIs and more.

What are valid managed disk storage types on Azure?

Premium SSD and Standard SSD Ultra Disk Standard HDD

True statements per Microsoft's definitions of cloud types.

Private clouds can be hosted at your datacenter or hosted by a third-party service. Private clouds offer advantages of flexibility, control, and scalability. A hybrid cloud combines a public cloud (such as Azure) with on-premises infrastructure (private cloud). In private clouds, services and infrastructure are always maintained on a private network, and the hardware and software are dedicated solely to your organization.

What are the valid online (continuous sync) source databases for the Azure Database Migration Service when migrating to Azure DB for PostgreSQL? (Choose 2).

RDS PostgreSQL PostgreSQL

What is a suitable use case for the Azure Files storage service?

Replace or supplement on-premises file servers.

Which statement is true of resource groups in Azure?

Resource groups are containers that hold related resources for an Azure solution.

What's the best definition for scalability on Azure?

Scalability is the ability of a system to handle increased load. Services covered by Azure autoscale can scale automatically to match demand to accommodate workload.

What are the two types of scaling on Azure?

Scaling up/down and scaling out

What is a fully managed platform on Azure?

Servers, network, storage, and more are all managed by Azure. You focus on your business value and logic.

What are the Microsoft services that can tell you more about trust in the Azure platform?

Service Trust Portal Trust Center

How do you sign up for a service level agreement with Azure?

Service level agreements are included with every Azure paid service automatically.

What significance does the name for your Azure storage account have?

The combination of the storage account name and the Azure Storage service endpoint forms the endpoints for your storage account. Your storage account name must be unique within Azure.

What is the purpose of "models" in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence?

The definition of what you want your Machine Learning implementation to learn.

What is the service for managing privacy on Azure called?

There isn't a single service, as privacy is part of every service on Azure.

How do you submit a support ticket?

Through the Azure Portal.

What is the primary use for disk storage?

To attach to a Virtual Machine to act as a Virtual hard drive.

When would you use Azure Logic Apps to solve a problem?

To connect systems both inside and outside of the Azure platform. To schedule, automate, and orchestrate tasks and processes.

Why is cloud agility important for businesses?

To enable the ability to rapidly develop, test, and launch software applications that drive business growth

What are two ways to use an Application Gateway?

To host multiple websites For incoming traffic, to make routing decisions based on additional attributes of an HTTP request, such as URI path or host headers

When there is too much incoming network traffic for a single VM to handle, a load balancer can distribute the load to many VMs.

To provide better performance and improved user experience for end users To better handle instantaneous high loads, such as the start of a product launch event

What is the purpose of having defense in depth?

To provide several layers of defense for your resources, data and assets.

Which of the following is a function of an Azure VPN Gateway?

To send encrypted traffic between an Azure Virtual Network and an on-premises location over the public internet

Which of the following are valid use cases to use Azure Service Health in your architecture?

To track incidents with your services in real time and get a report afterwards To set up custom alerts to notify you of any outages, planned or otherwise

If you don't want to share the hardware your VMs run on, how can you manage that in Azure?

Use Azure Dedicated Hosts.

If you have multiple applications in Azure Active Directory that you want users to access, which is the best way to handle user access?

Using Single Sign-On.

Which features are in Azure Cost Management?

Visualizing current costs for your Azure account Visualizing future costs for your Azure account

What are the three kinds of App Service?

Web Apps Web App for Containers API Apps

What is the response time for Severity B on the Professional Direct Support Plan?

Within 2 hours.