AZ-104 domain - 14% of the exam

Monitor and Maintain Azure Resources

Monitor and Maintain Azure Resources is 14% of the Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104) exam. These are the objectives it covers, each with practice questions and worked explanations.

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Free sampleMonitor and Maintain Azure Resourcesmedium

An administrator reviews which data sources a diagnostic setting can collect and route to destinations. Which sources are valid diagnostic setting sources? (Select 3 answers)

  • APlatform metrics produced automatically by the monitored resource Correct
  • BResource logs that are not gathered until a setting enables them Correct
  • CActivity log entries describing operations on the subscription Correct
  • DPrometheus metrics scraped from a managed Kubernetes cluster
  • ECustom metrics pushed straight from an instrumented application
The diagnostic setting sources are platform metrics, the activity log, and resource logs; Prometheus and custom metrics use other pipelines. Diagnostic settings collect from three sources: platform metrics and the activity log, both gathered automatically, and resource logs, which are off by default until a setting enables them.

Why A is correct: Correct. Platform metrics produced automatically by the monitored resource is one of the keyed answers. Diagnostic settings collect from three sources: platform metrics and the activity log, both gathered automatically, and resource logs, which are off by default until a setting enables them.

Why B is correct: Correct. Resource logs that are not gathered until a setting enables them is one of the keyed answers. Diagnostic settings collect from three sources: platform metrics and the activity log, both gathered automatically, and resource logs, which are off by default until a setting enables them.

Why C is correct: Correct. Activity log entries describing operations on the subscription is one of the keyed answers. Diagnostic settings collect from three sources: platform metrics and the activity log, both gathered automatically, and resource logs, which are off by default until a setting enables them.

Why D is wrong: Prometheus metrics flow to an Azure Monitor workspace through managed Prometheus, not through a diagnostic setting source.

Why E is wrong: Custom metrics enter via the custom metrics API or Application Insights, not as a diagnostic setting source.

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