Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)Describe Azure management and governanceEasy
A company is planning to deploy several new applications to Azure. They need a way to ensure that all resources deployed by different teams adhere to a set of predefined corporate standards, such as resource tagging, allowed locations, and VM sizes. Which Azure governance feature should they use to enforce these standards?
- AAzure Policy
- BAzure Advisor
- CAzure Monitor
- DAzure Cost Management
Show answer & explanationAnswer & explanation
Correct answer: A. Azure Policy
Azure Policy is used to enforce organizational standards and assess compliance at scale. It can ensure resources conform to specific rules regarding tagging, locations, and resource types.
Why the other options are wrong
- B. Azure Advisor provides recommendations for optimizing costs, performance, reliability, and security, but does not enforce standards.
- C. Azure Monitor collects, analyzes, and acts on telemetry from your Azure and on-premises environments, but is not for enforcing configuration standards.
- D. Azure Cost Management helps track, allocate, and optimize cloud spending, but does not enforce resource configuration standards.
Azure Policy
A service in Azure that allows you to create, assign, and manage policies to enforce organizational standards and assess compliance at scale.
- Enforces rules for resource configuration.
- Ensures compliance with corporate standards.
- Can be applied to management groups, subscriptions, or resource groups.
Memory trick: Policies Guard Resources, Advisor Guides.