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    PracticeAzure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)Azure Solutions Architect Expert AZ-305 Practice Exam 3Question 04
    Easy1 markMultiple Choice
    Domain 1.1: Logging and MonitoringDomain 1Logging and MonitoringAzure AdvisorOptimization

    AZ-305 · Question 04 · Domain 1.1: Logging and Monitoring

    A retail company has recently migrated several workloads to Azure. The IT Director wants a centralized dashboard that provides actionable recommendations to optimize their Azure deployments.

    The recommendations must cover:

    • Identifying underutilized virtual machines to reduce costs
    • Highlighting missing high availability configurations
    • Identifying security vulnerabilities
    • Recommending performance improvements for SQL databases

    Which Azure service should you recommend as the primary tool to meet these requirements?

    Answer options:

    A.

    Azure Monitor

    B.

    Azure Advisor

    C.

    Microsoft Defender for Cloud

    D.

    Azure Cost Management + Billing

    How to approach this question

    Identify the service that provides recommendations across multiple Well-Architected Framework pillars (Cost, Security, Reliability, Performance).

    Full Answer

    B.Azure Advisor✓ Correct
    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 that can help you improve the cost effectiveness, performance, Reliability, and security of your Azure resources.

    Common mistakes

    Selecting Defender for Cloud or Cost Management, which only cover specific subsets of the requirements.
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