Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) — Management and Governance flashcards
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Factors that drive Azure cost, the Pricing Calculator and the Azure Migrate business case for on-premises comparisons, Cost Management and tags, Purview, Azure Policy and resource locks, the portal, Cloud Shell, CLI, PowerShell, Arc, ARM, Bicep, monitoring tools and SLAs.
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Two otherwise identical storage accounts have very different monthly bills. Which settings of the resource itself could explain this?The resource type and its settings — for storage, the account type, redundancy option (LRS through GZRS) and access tier all change the price.Azure Management and Governance › Cost Management
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A team deletes a virtual machine but the bill barely drops. What is the likely cause?Associated resources such as managed disks, network interfaces and public IP addresses were left behind and are still billed.Azure Management and Governance › Cost Management
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A VM is shut down from inside its operating system, and another is stopped (deallocated) in the portal. Which one still incurs compute charges?The one shut down from inside the OS — it still holds its compute allocation. A deallocated VM stops compute charges, though its disks are still billed.Azure Management and Governance › Cost Management
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Why can the same VM size cost different amounts in two Azure regions?Geography — power, labour, taxes and fees differ by location, so prices vary from region to region.Azure Management and Governance › Cost Management
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How does network traffic affect Azure costs?Bandwidth is billed by billing zone; most inbound data transfer is free, while outbound data leaving Azure datacenters is charged.Azure Management and Governance › Cost Management
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A VM of one fixed size must run without interruption in the same region for three years. Which purchase option gives it the biggest discount compared with pay-as-you-go?Azure Reservations — committing to a one-year or three-year term for a significant discount.Azure Management and Governance › Cost Management
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A company already owns Windows Server and SQL Server licences with Software Assurance. Which offer lets it reuse them in Azure?Azure Hybrid Benefit — apply existing licences to Azure resources and pay only for the underlying compute.Azure Management and Governance › Cost Management
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A batch rendering job can tolerate being stopped at any time. Which VM option uses spare Azure capacity at a deep discount?Azure Spot Virtual Machines — they can be evicted when Azure needs the capacity back.Azure Management and Governance › Cost Management
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How do Azure Marketplace purchases show up in costs?Solutions bought from the Azure Marketplace are billed through Azure and include the third-party vendor's charges as well as the Azure resources they run on.Azure Management and Governance › Cost Management
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Before deploying a new environment, a team wants to estimate its monthly Azure bill from the services and sizes it plans to use. Which tool?The Azure Pricing Calculator.Azure Management and Governance › Cost Management
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