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Question 1 Describe Azure management and governance Choose 3

Which of the following are capabilities of Azure Advisor? (Select all that apply.)

  • ✓ Provides personalized recommendations for cost optimization
  • ○ Enforces compliance policies across subscriptions
  • ✓ Monitors resource configuration for security best practices
  • ○ Deploys repeatable packages of Azure resources
  • ✓ Helps improve the performance of your applications
Answer: A. Provides personalized recommendations for cost optimization | C. Monitors resource configuration for security best practices | E. Helps improve the performance of your applications
Azure Advisor analyzes your resource configuration and usage to provide personalized, actionable recommendations in four categories: Cost (optimization), Security (best practices), Reliability (availability), and Performance (application speed). It does not enforce policies (that's Azure Policy) or deploy resource packages (that's Azure Blueprints).
Question 2 Domain 3: Describe Azure management and governance

You have configured a budget in Azure Cost Management. At what spending threshold do budget notifications typically trigger by default?

  • ○ 50%, 90%, and 100% of the budget amount
  • ○ 100% only
  • ○ 80% and 100%
  • ✓ You must manually configure all alert thresholds.
Answer: D. You must manually configure all alert thresholds.
When creating a budget in Azure Cost Management, you must manually configure the alert thresholds (e.g., 50%, 90%, 100%). There are no default thresholds; you define them based on your needs during budget creation.
Question 3 Domain 3: Describe Azure management and governance Choose 2

Which of the following are types of compliance information that Microsoft provides to customers? (Select all that apply.)

  • ✓ Audit reports from third-party independent auditors
  • ○ Custom-built policies for any regulatory standard
  • ✓ Documentation on how Microsoft implements controls
  • ○ The ability to modify Microsoft's underlying physical infrastructure
Answer: A. Audit reports from third-party independent auditors | C. Documentation on how Microsoft implements controls
Microsoft provides independent audit reports (e.g., SOC, ISO) and detailed documentation on control implementation (Option A and C). While Azure Policy has built-in initiatives for many standards, Microsoft does not build custom policies per customer, nor can customers modify the physical infrastructure.
Question 4 Domain 3: Describe Azure management and governance

To streamline governance, you want to apply a common set of over 50 policies to all new subscriptions created by your company's Cloud Center of Excellence. Manually assigning each policy is error-prone. What is a more efficient approach?

  • ✓ Create an Azure Blueprint that includes all the policy assignments.
  • ○ Use Azure Cost Management to copy cost allocations.
  • ○ Apply a single ReadOnly lock at the management group level.
  • ○ Rely on Azure Advisor to recommend policies for each subscription.
Answer: A. Create an Azure Blueprint that includes all the policy assignments.
Azure Blueprints allow you to package multiple policy assignments (and other artifacts) into a single definition. This blueprint can then be published and assigned to new subscriptions in one operation, ensuring consistency and efficiency.
Question 5 Domain 3: Describe Azure management and governance

An operations team needs to be notified via SMS whenever an Azure service they depend on (like Azure SQL Database) experiences a planned maintenance event in their primary region. Which service should they configure?

  • ○ Azure Monitor alerts
  • ✓ Azure Service Health alerts
  • ○ Azure Resource Health alerts
  • ○ Azure Advisor alerts
Answer: B. Azure Service Health alerts
Azure Service Health allows you to create personalized alerts for Azure service issues that affect your resources. You can configure alerts for service issues, planned maintenance, and health advisories, and choose notification channels like email, SMS, or webhook.
Question 6 Domain 3: Describe Azure management and governance

Which Azure service provides a centralized location to view the operational health of your Azure resources and can be integrated with tools like ITSM systems?

  • ○ Azure Advisor
  • ○ Azure Service Health
  • ✓ Azure Monitor
  • ○ Azure Policy
Answer: C. Azure Monitor
Azure Monitor is the comprehensive solution for collecting, analyzing, and acting on telemetry from your Azure and on-premises environments. It provides unified views of health and performance and can integrate with IT Service Management (ITSM) tools via connectors.

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