Azure Flashcards
You want to copy a virtual hard disk in the VHDX format to an Azure Data Box Disk. What folder do you copy the VHDX to?
PageBlob folder
What is cloud tiering in Azure File Sync
It’s a feature that archives infrequently accessed files to free up space on the local file share.
What is the Azure File Sync Agent
It’s installed on a server to enable Azure File Sync replication between the local file share and an Azure file share.
Azure File Sync agent is a downloadable package that enables a Windows Server file share to be synced with an Azure file share.
How often does the cloud endpoint change detection job run?
Every 24 hours
Azure Import/Export allows you to export data from which service(s)?
Azure Blob storage
You can only export blob data with the Azure Import/Export service.
The recommended GUI tool to manage how data is transferred to Azure Files
Azure Storage Explorer
What is a possible cause for file sync issues?
The virtual machine that runs the Storage Sync Service is stopped.
The Storage Sync Service is the high-level Azure resource for Azure File Sync. You create this resource in Azure.
What is Data Box Edge?
Data Box Edge is an online physical appliance that provides for data preprocessing and machine learning before transfer to the cloud.
What is Data Box Gateway?
Data Box Gateway is an online virtual appliance
What does declarative automation mean?
You define what resources you need but not how to create them.
Command to use to prepare a linux image for generalization?
waagent
Tool to prepare a windows server image for generalization?
sysprep
What does the local configuration manager do?
The local configuration manager (LCM) is responsible for updating the configuration to match the desired state on a node.
Which AKS feature to use if your website needs persistent storage?
Storage volume support
What does the Deployment Center do?
Deployment center simplifies setting up continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines to AKS Kubernetes clusters.
What to use to connect Azure resources like Azure VM’s across geographical regions
Virtual network peering.
Use virtual network peering to connect virtual networks to each other so resources in either virtual network can communicate with each other.
What parameters are needed for point-to-site Azure VPN gateway?
Gateway type is Vpn, vpn type is RouteBased, and you need to specify a gateway sku.
What Express route circuit peering configuration would you use to allow direct connections to Azure compute resources?
Azure private peering. Azure private peering lets you directly connect to virtual machines and cloud services on their private IP addresses.
What does the VPN Gateway do?
An Azure virtual network gateway provides an endpoint for incoming connections from on-premises locations to Azure over the Internet.
What does Azure ExpressRoute do?
ExpressRoute allows you to extend your on-premises networks into the Microsoft Cloud over a private connection implemented by a connectivity provider
What’s an S-key?
An s-key is a GUID that defines an ExpressRoute circuit and provides the connectivity link between Microsoft, your connectivity provider, and your organization.
Which protocol provides dynamic routing for Azure ExpressRoute?
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
What does Microsoft peering support?
Microsoft peering supports connections to cloud-based SaaS offerings, such as Office 365 and Dynamics 365.
What would you use a custom route for in a virtual network?
To control the flow of traffic in your Azure virtual network.
Why might you use virtual network peering?
To connect virtual networks together in the same region. Virtual network peering is used to connect multiple virtual networks together. Once peered, the networks become one network, and resources across virtual networks can communicate with one another.
What is the main benefit of using a network virtual appliance?
To control incoming traffic from the perimeter network and allow only traffic that meets security requirements to pass through.
What is Microsoft peering?
It enables you to connect your on-premises network to Office 365 services and Dynamics 365.
What are some benefits of Azure ExpressRoute
Redundant connectivity
Consistent network throughput
Access to Microsoft cloud services
What is an ExpressRoute circuit?
A circuit provides a physical connection for transmitting data through the ExpressRoute provider’s edge routers to the Microsoft edge routers.
Which connection type supports connectivity to Office 365?
An ExpressRoute connection.
What is the default distribution type for traffic through a load balancer?
Five-tuple hash
To resolve latency issues on the network, which Azure Network Watcher features can you use?
Connection troubleshoot
What does IP flow do?
IP flow verify checks if packets are allowed or denied to or from a virtual machine
What does Next hop do?
Next hop shows the type and IP address of the next hop in a network route.
What does Azure DNS allow you to do?
Manage and host your registered domain and associated records.Azure DNS allows you to host your registered domains. You can control and configure the domain records, like A, CNAME, MX, and setup alias records.
What type of DNS record is CNAME?
The CNAME record maps multiple domain names or hosts to a single IP address.
What type of DNS record is SOA?
The SOA record is the start of authority for your domain. It’s used by other DNS servers to resolve your domain.
Which objects are required when you connect a virtual network to an on-premises network by using an Azure VPN gateway?
A dedicated subnet for the gateway
Which tool allows you to automate your responses to alerts?
Use playbooks to automate your response to alerts. Playbooks are automated procedures that you can run against alerts.
Why would you use Azure Application Insights?
You want to analyze and address problems that affect your application’s health.
What’s the difference between Azure Security Center and Azure Application Insights?
You use Azure Security Center for your infrastructure’s security. Azure Application Insights is used for your applications.
Why would you use Azure Sentinel?
You want a detailed overview of your enterprise, potentially across multiple clouds and on-premises locations.
How can you continuously monitor your applications from different geographic locations?
Use availability tests to continuously monitor your application from different geographic locations.
What does the Log Analytics agent do?
The Log Analytics agent gathers security-related information from resources into a workspace.
How can you automatically collect security-related data from all newly created virtual machines into one central location?
Use the Log Analytics agent. The agent gathers security-related information from resources into a workspace.
What are two fundamental types of data Azure Monitor collects?
Metrics and logs. Azure Monitor collects two types of data: metrics and logs.
What data does Azure Monitor collect?
Data from a variety of sources, such as the application event log, the operating system (Windows and Linux), Azure resources, and custom data sources
You want to make sure that admins know as soon as a web app becomes overloaded. Which feature of Application Insights should you use?
Alerts
Best way to back up an entire Azure VM that’s running Linux?
Use the Azure Backup extension
Why would you use MABS or DPM instead of the MARS agent to do backups?
Backup of running apps is required.
True or False; The MARS agent supports LInux?
False. The MARS agent doesn’t support Linux.
