CV0-004 Operations and Support Practice Question
A cloud administrator is managing a Microsoft Azure environment. The administrator needs to enforce a policy that prevents the creation of any Azure Storage account without HTTPS-only traffic enabled and without a minimum TLS version of 1.2. The policy must apply to all current and future subscriptions in the tenant and must be evaluated when resources are created or updated. Which Azure feature should the administrator use?
⚠ Common exam trap
Many exam-takers confuse a security posture or reporting service, such as Microsoft Defender for Cloud, with an enforcement mechanism that can block noncompliant resource creation.
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Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Azure Policy
Azure Policy is the correct choice because it evaluates resource properties during create and update operations and can deny noncompliant resources. Assigning a policy that requires HTTPS-only traffic and TLS 1.2 at a management group scope ensures the rule applies to all current and future subscriptions in the tenant, satisfying both the enforcement and scope requirements.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Azure Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Why it's wrong here
Azure RBAC controls who can perform actions on resources by assigning roles at management group, subscription, resource group, or resource scope. It cannot evaluate resource properties such as HTTPS-only traffic or TLS version, so it cannot enforce the storage account configuration requirements described in the scenario.
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Azure Blueprints
Why it's wrong here
Azure Blueprints can package role assignments, policy assignments, and resource templates for repeatable environment deployment. While a blueprint can include a policy assignment, Blueprints itself is not the evaluation engine that denies noncompliant resources; the underlying Azure Policy does that. Using Blueprints alone would not enforce the requirement on existing resources.
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Azure Policy
Why this is correct
Azure Policy is the governance service that evaluates resources against business rules and can deny noncompliant resource creation or updates. By assigning a built-in or custom policy definition that requires HTTPS-only traffic and a minimum TLS version, the administrator can enforce the requirement across all subscriptions in the tenant, including future ones, at deployment time.
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Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Why it's wrong here
Microsoft Defender for Cloud provides security posture management and threat protection, and it can surface recommendations about storage account configuration. However, it does not deny the creation or update of noncompliant resources; it reports on them. Enforcement at deployment time requires Azure Policy, not Defender for Cloud.
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