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A company is reviewing its Azure spending and notices that several virtual machines (VMs) are consistently underutilized, leading to unnecessary costs. They want to receive proactive, actionable recommendations on how to optimize costs for these VMs and other Azure resources. Which Azure service is designed to provide personalized recommendations for cost optimization?
- AAzure Cost Management + Billing
- BAzure Sentinel
- CAzure Advisor
- DAzure Monitor
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Correct answer: C. Azure Advisor
Azure Advisor provides personalized recommendations across five pillars: Cost, Security, Reliability, Operational Excellence, and Performance. For cost optimization, it specifically identifies underutilized resources or suggests more cost-effective alternatives.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Azure Cost Management + Billing helps analyze, manage, and optimize costs, including creating budgets, but Azure Advisor specifically provides the 'recommendations' for optimization.
- B. Azure Sentinel is a cloud-native Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution, focused on security, not cost optimization recommendations.
- D. Azure Monitor collects and analyzes metrics and logs for operational insights and alerts, but Azure Advisor provides the proactive recommendations for optimization.
Azure Advisor
A personalized cloud consultant that helps you follow best practices to optimize your Azure deployments across cost, security, reliability, operational excellence, and performance.
- Provides actionable recommendations.
- Covers five pillars of optimization.
- Helps identify and fix issues proactively.
Memory trick: Advisor Gives Wise Recommendations.