az-104 Practice Question 861

Exam: az-104
Domain: Describe Azure management and governance
Topic: Describe features and tools for managing and deploying Azure resources
Difficulty: medium
You download an Azure Resource Manager template based on an existing virtual machine. The template will be used to deploy 100 virtual machines. You need to modify the template to reference an administrative password. You must prevent the password from being stored in plain text. What should you create to store the password?

Answer Options

A
an Azure Key Vault and an access policy
B
an Azure Storage account and an access policy
C
a Recovery Services vault and a backup policy
D
Azure Active Directory (AD) Identity Protection and an Azure policy

Correct Answer

A: an Azure Key Vault and an access policy

Explanation

You can use a template that allows you to deploy a simple Windows VM by retrieving the password that is stored in a Key Vault. Therefore, the password is never put in plain text in the template parameter file.