Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)Describe Azure architecture and servicesHard
A global manufacturing company uses various on-premises servers, edge devices, and virtual machines in other cloud providers. They want a single control plane to manage, govern, and secure all these distributed resources as if they were native Azure resources. Which Azure service should they utilize?
- AAzure Migrate
- BAzure Security Center
- CAzure Arc
- DAzure Resource Graph
Show answer & explanationAnswer & explanation
Correct answer: C. Azure Arc
Azure Arc extends Azure management capabilities to resources running anywhere – on-premises, at the edge, or in other clouds. It enables you to manage Windows and Linux servers, Kubernetes clusters, and Azure data services in hybrid and multi-cloud environments as if they were running in Azure, providing a single control plane.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Azure Migrate helps with the migration of on-premises workloads to Azure, not with ongoing management of resources outside Azure.
- B. Azure Security Center provides unified security management and advanced threat protection but doesn't extend Azure's full management plane to external resources.
- D. Azure Resource Graph provides efficient resource exploration for all resources in Azure, but it's an analytics service, not a management control plane for external resources.
Azure Arc
A bridge that extends the Azure management and governance capabilities to resources running anywhere – on-premises, at the edge, or in other cloud providers.
- Extends Azure management to hybrid/multi-cloud
- Single control plane for distributed resources
- Manages servers, Kubernetes, data services
- Apply Azure Policy, Monitor, Security Center to external resources
Memory trick: Azure Arc connects all your disparate resources under one Azure roof.