Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)Describe Azure management and governanceEasy
A company is reviewing its Azure spending and notices that several virtual machines (VMs) are consistently underutilized, leading to unnecessary costs. They want a service that can provide actionable recommendations to optimize their cloud resources and reduce expenses without compromising performance. Which Azure service would best address this need?
- AAzure Monitor
- BAzure Cost Management + Billing
- CAzure Advisor
- DAzure Policy
Show answer & explanationAnswer & explanation
Correct answer: C. Azure Advisor
Azure Advisor is a personalized cloud consultant that helps you follow best practices to optimize your Azure deployments. It analyzes your resource configuration and usage telemetry and then recommends solutions to improve cost, performance, reliability, operational excellence, and security. For underutilized VMs, it would provide specific recommendations to right-size or shut down instances.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Azure Monitor collects and analyzes telemetry data for operational insights but primarily focuses on performance and availability, not proactive cost optimization recommendations like Advisor.
- B. Azure Cost Management + Billing helps track and analyze spending, and set budgets, but Azure Advisor specifically provides the actionable recommendations for underutilized resources.
- D. Azure Policy enforces rules and standards across resources but does not provide personalized optimization recommendations based on usage patterns.
Azure Advisor
A personalized cloud consultant that helps optimize Azure deployments by providing recommendations on cost, performance, reliability, operational excellence, and security.
- Personalized recommendations for your Azure resources.
- Covers five pillars: Cost, Security, Reliability, Operational Excellence, Performance.
- Helps identify underutilized resources and cost savings.
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