az-104 Practice Question 1700
Exam: az-104
Domain: Manage Azure identities and governance
Topic: Manage Azure subscriptions and governance
Difficulty: medium
Contoso Ltd is experiencing unexpected costs in their Azure environment. You need to implement cost controls to monitor and manage spending. Which of the following actions should you take to ensure that all new resources created by developers adhere to a specific budget limit without impacting existing resources?
Answer Options
A
Use Azure Policy to create a policy that restricts the creation of resources over a certain cost threshold.
B
Set up Azure Cost Management and Budgets to monitor and set limits on spending.
C
Create Management Groups to organize resources into logical groups for easier management.
D
Implement Resource Locks to prevent developers from deleting critical resources.
Correct Answer
B: Set up Azure Cost Management and Budgets to monitor and set limits on spending.
Explanation
The correct answer is to use Azure Cost Management and Budgets to set up a budget with a specific amount and scope it to the relevant resource groups or subscriptions. This ensures that new resources are created within the budget without affecting existing resources. Other options like using Azure Policy for cost management would require manual intervention for existing resources, which is not ideal for a large-scale deployment. Management Groups can be used for organizational structure but do not directly control costs. Resource locks can prevent accidental deletion but do not control spending.