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Start Design a strategy for data and applications PracticeA company is designing a data protection strategy for Azure SQL Database. They need to ensure that backups are retained for 7 years to meet regulatory compliance. Which Azure feature should they use?
Explanation: Long-Term Retention (LTR) for Azure SQL Database allows you to retain full database backups for up to 10 years, which meets the 7-year regulatory compliance requirement. LTR is specifically designed for archival and compliance scenarios, storing backups in separate containers with configurable retention policies based on weekly, monthly, or yearly intervals.
A company deploys Azure App Service with a custom domain and SSL certificate. They want to enforce HTTPS only. Which configuration setting should they enable?
Explanation: The 'HTTPS Only' setting in Azure App Service enforces that all incoming requests are redirected from HTTP to HTTPS, ensuring encrypted communication. This is achieved by returning a 301 redirect for any HTTP request, which aligns with the requirement to enforce HTTPS only.
A company uses Azure Policy to audit storage accounts for secure transfer (HTTPS) enforcement. The policy is set to 'AuditIfNotExists' but compliance shows 0% non-compliant storage accounts even though some accounts have secure transfer disabled. What is the most likely cause?
Explanation: The 'AuditIfNotExists' effect is designed to audit resources that do not have a specific extension or sub-resource (e.g., a diagnostic setting or an agent). For a policy that needs to check a property of the storage account itself (like secure transfer enabled), the correct effect is 'Audit' (or 'Deny'). 'AuditIfNotExists' will never flag a storage account as non-compliant for missing the secure transfer property because it is looking for the absence of a child resource, not a property misconfiguration.
A company is designing a microservices architecture on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). They need to secure communication between services using mutual TLS (mTLS). Which solution should they implement?
Explanation: Istio service mesh is the correct solution because it provides a dedicated infrastructure layer for managing service-to-service communication, including automatic mutual TLS (mTLS) between microservices. Istio injects Envoy sidecar proxies into each pod, which handle encryption, authentication, and authorization without requiring application code changes. This enables zero-trust network security within the AKS cluster.
A company stores sensitive data in Azure Blob Storage. They want to prevent data exfiltration by blocking public access and restricting network access to only their on-premises data center via VPN. Which two features should they use?
Explanation: Option C is correct because disabling public access ensures the storage account is not reachable from the internet, and configuring a service endpoint with a firewall rule for the VPN subnet restricts traffic to only the on-premises data center traffic arriving via the VPN. Service endpoints provide an optimized route over the Azure backbone, and the firewall rule explicitly allows the VPN subnet's IP range, preventing data exfiltration from unauthorized networks.
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