Microsoft Azure Architect Design (AZ-304) Practice Test

What tool can help monitor events for virtual machines to ensure timely administrative actions?

1. Azure Monitor

2. Azure Log Analytics

3. Azure Security Center

4. Azure Active Directory logs

The correct answer is: Azure Monitor

Azure Monitor is a comprehensive tool that allows you to collect, analyze, and act on telemetry data from your Azure environment, including virtual machines. It provides a centralized platform for monitoring the performance and health of your resources. By using Azure Monitor, you can set up alerts and notifications based on specific metrics or log data, enabling you to respond quickly to events that may require administrative actions. The tool provides deep insights into the operations of your virtual machines by tracking resource utilization, performance metrics, and system health. Additionally, it integrates seamlessly with other Azure services, making it easier to implement automated responses to various scenarios, such as scaling out resources or addressing service interruptions. While other options may offer valuable information and insights, they don't specifically focus on the comprehensive monitoring and alerting capabilities that Azure Monitor provides for virtual machines. For example, Azure Log Analytics is part of Azure Monitor and is more focused on querying and analyzing log data, but it does not itself provide the full scope of monitoring features needed for timely administrative actions. Azure Security Center is centered on security management and threat protection, while Azure Active Directory logs primarily deal with identity and access management, not the performance and operational state of virtual machines.