Implement backup and recovery
Objective backup.recovery sits in Monitor and maintain Azure resources, which carries 14% of the Azure Administrator exam. The questions below are original, written from the official objective title above, and each explanation cites the Microsoft Azure page it rests on.
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A worked example
Shown solved, with the whole explanation open: this is what every question here carries.
An administrator provisions a storage account to hold backups and archived data. The workload is meant to serve as the last line of defense against ransomware and accidental deletion. Which feature should be enabled to support this recovery goal?
The concept
Recommended configuration options for a backup and archive storage account workload.
Why this answer
Soft delete is the setting listed as enabled for the backup and archive workload, letting deleted blobs be recovered after accidental deletion or corruption, which matches the stated goal of efficient recovery.
- Correct: soft delete is the recommended recovery feature for this workload.
- BHierarchical namespace is recommended for analytics, HPC, and ML workloads, not for backup and archive.
- CPremium performance accounts use SSDs for low latency and are recommended for high-transaction scenarios, not standard backup and archive storage.
- DCustom domain mapping changes the endpoint address and has no effect on data recovery.
- ENFS support applies to premium file shares for enterprise workloads, not the backup and archive account type.
Now you: objective backup.recovery questions
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Sample question 1 of 3
A cloud administrator designs a storage account for long-term backups. Data must remain accessible after a regional outage, and infrequently accessed backup data should minimize storage cost. Which combination matches the recommended configuration for this workload?
Sample question 2 of 3
Backup data is deleted from a Recovery Services vault. Soft delete is enforced and the retention period has not been changed. How long can the data still be restored?
Sample question 3 of 3
A Recovery Services vault is deleted. Under the current default behaviour, what happens to it?
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Read the sources
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