MICROSOFT CERTIFIED: AZURE SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT EXPERT Exam AZ-305 Questions V9.02

Case Study This is a case study. Case studies are not timed separately. You can use as much exam time as you would like to complete each case. However, there may be additional case studies and sections on this exam. Y ...

Case Study This is a case study. Case studies are not timed separately. You can use as much exam time as you would like to complete each case. However, there may be additional case studies and sections on this exam. You must manage your time to ensure that you are able to complete all questions included on this exam in the time provided. To answer the questions included in a case study, you will need to reference information that is provided in the case study. Case studies might contain exhibits and other resources that provide more information about the scenario that is described in the case study. Each question is independent of the other questions in this case study. At the end of this case study, a review screen will appear. This screen allows you to review your answers and to make changes before you move to the next section of the exam. After you begin a new section, you cannot return to this section. To start the case study To display the first question in this case study, click the Next button. Use the buttons in the left pane to explore the content of the case study before you answer the questions. Clicking these buttons displays information such as business requirements, existing environment, and problem statements. If the case study has an All Information tab, note that the information displayed is identical to the information displayed on the subsequent tabs. When you are ready to answer a question, click the Question button to return to the question. Overview. General Overview Litware, Inc. is a medium-sized finance company. Overview. Physical Locations Litware has a main office in Boston. Existing Environment. Identity Environment The network contains an Active Directory forest named Litware.com that is linked to an Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) tenant named Litware.com. All users have Azure Active Directory Premium P2 licenses. Litware has a second Azure AD tenant named dev.Litware.com that is used as a development environment. The Litware.com tenant has a conditional acess policy named capolicy1. Capolicy1 2 / 46 requires that when users manage the Azure subscription for a production environment by using the Azure portal, they must connect from a hybrid Azure AD-joined device. Existing Environment. Azure Environment Litware has 10 Azure subscriptions that are linked to the Litware.com tenant and five Azure subscriptions that are linked to the dev.Litware.com tenant. All the subscriptions are in an Enterprise Agreement (EA). The Litware.com tenant contains a custom Azure role-based access control (Azure RBAC) role named Role1 that grants the DataActions read permission to the blobs and files in Azure Storage. Existing Environment. On-premises Environment The on-premises network of Litware contains the resources shown in the following table. Existing Environment. Network Environment Litware has ExpressRoute connectivity to Azure. Planned Changes and Requirements. Planned Changes Litware plans to implement the following changes: ✑ Migrate DB1 and DB2 to Azure. ✑ Migrate App1 to Azure virtual machines. ✑ Deploy the Azure virtual machines that will host App1 to Azure dedicated hosts. Planned Changes and Requirements. Authentication and Authorization Requirements Litware identifies the following authentication and authorization requirements: ✑ Users that manage the production environment by using the Azure portal must connect from a hybrid Azure AD-joined device and authenticate by using Azure MultiFactor Authentication (MFA). 3 / 46 ✑ The Network Contributor built-in RBAC role must be used to grant permission to all the virtual networks in all the Azure subscriptions. ✑ To access the resources in Azure, App1 must use the managed identity of the virtual machines that will host the app. ✑ Role1 must be used to assign permissions to the storage accounts of all the Azure subscriptions. ✑ RBAC roles must be applied at the highest level possible. Planned Changes and Requirements. Resiliency Requirements Litware identifies the following resiliency requirements: ✑ Once migrated to Azure, DB1 and DB2 must meet the following requirements: - Maintain availability if two availability zones in the local Azure region fail. - Fail over automatically. - Minimize I/O latency. ✑ App1 must meet the following requirements: - Be hosted in an Azure region that supports availability zones. - Be hosted on Azure virtual machines that support automatic scaling. - Maintain availability if two availability zones in the local Azure region fail. Planned Changes and Requirements. Security and Compliance Requirements Litware identifies the following security and compliance requirements: ✑ Once App1 is migrated to Azure, you must ensure that new data can be written to the app, and the modification of new and existing data is prevented for a period of three years. ✑ On-premises users and services must be able to access the Azure Storage account that will host the data in App1. ✑ Access to the public endpoint of the Azure Storage account that will host the App1 data must be prevented. ✑ All Azure SQL databases in the production environment must have Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) enabled. ✑ App1 must not share physical hardware with other workloads. Planned Changes and Requirements. Business Requirements Litware identifies the following business requirements: ✑ Minimize administrative effort. ✑ Minimize costs. You plan to migrate App1 to Azure. The solution must meet the authentication and authorization requirements. Which type of endpoint should App1 use to obtain an access token? A. Azure Instance Metadata Service (IMDS) B. Azure AD 4 / 46 C. Azure Service Management D. Microsoft identity platform Answer: D Explanation: Scenario: To access the resources in Azure, App1 must use the managed identity of the virtual machines that will host the app. Managed identities provide an identity for applications to use when connecting to resources that support Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) authentication. Applications may use the managed identity to obtain Azure AD tokens. Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/managedidentities-azure-resources/overview 2. HOTSPOT You need to ensure that users managing the production environment are registered for Azure MFA and must authenticate by using Azure MFA when they sign in to the Azure portal. The solution must meet the authentication and authorization requirements. What should you do? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point. Answer: Explanation: Graphical user interface, text, application 5 / 46 Description automatically generated Box 1: Azure AD Identity Protection Azure AD Identity Protection helps you manage the roll-out of Azure AD Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) registration by configuring a Conditional Access policy to require MFA registration no matter what modern authentication app you are signing in to. Scenario: Users that manage the production environment by using the Azure portal must connect from a hybrid Azure AD-joined device and authenticate by using Azure Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). Box 2: Sign-in risk policy... Scenario: The Litware.com tenant has a conditional access policy named capolicy1. Capolicy1 requires that when users manage the Azure subscription for a production environment by using the Azure portal, they must connect from a hybrid Azure ADjoined device. Identity Protection policies we have two risk policies that we can enable in our directory. ✑ Sign-in risk policy ✑ User risk policy 3. You migrate App1 to Azure. You need to ensure that the data storage for App1 meets the security and compliance requirement What should you do? A. Create an access policy for the blob B. Modify the access level of the blob service. C. Implement Azure resource locks. D. Create Azure RBAC assignments. Answer: A Explanation: Scenario: Once App1 is migrated to Azure, you must ensure that new data can be written to the app, and the modification of new and existing data is prevented for a period of three years. As an administrator, you can lock a subscription, resource group, or resource to prevent other users in your organization from accidentally deleting or modifying critical resources. The lock overrides any permissions the user might have. Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resourcemanager/management/lock-resources 4. HOTSPOT You plan to migrate App1 to Azure. You need to recommend a storage solution for App1 that meets the security and compliance requirements.