Exam objective
AZ-104Implement backup and recovery
This objective 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?
Correct.
Checked against learn.microsoft.com, July 2026Concept
Recommended configuration options for a backup and archive storage account workload.
Why E
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.
Source
Storage account overview, checked July 2026Backup and archive General purpose v2 Standard ZRS, RA-GRS No Cool 3 Yes... The backup and archive workload functions as the last line of defense against ransomware and malicious attacks.
Now you: practice 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
An administrator creates a Recovery Services vault, protects one VM that day, then learns the compliance policy requires locally redundant storage. Storage replication type is now unavailable. What explains this?
Sample question 3 of 3
A company sets its Recovery Services vault to geo-redundant storage and backs up an Azure file share using the snapshot tier. Where does the backed-up data for that share live?
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