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A storage account experiences a brief regional platform issue. The team wants an alert whenever Azure marks the resource as unavailable, even if no custom metric changes are detected. What should the administrator use?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Good practice is not just finding the correct option. The wrong answers often show the exact trap the exam wants you to fall into.
A
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A metric alert on the account's transaction count.
Transaction count may show activity, but it will not specifically indicate that Azure has marked the resource unavailable.
B
Best answer
A Resource Health alert for the storage account.
Resource Health alerts are designed to notify administrators when Azure determines that a specific resource is unavailable or degraded because of a platform issue. This works even when ordinary metrics do not change in a useful way. It is the correct choice when the requirement is to detect service or infrastructure problems that Azure reports at the resource level rather than workload performance issues.
C
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A diagnostic setting that sends logs only to a storage account.
Diagnostic settings can export logs, but they do not by themselves notify the team when the resource health state changes.
D
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An Azure Policy assignment that denies writes to the storage account.
Azure Policy can prevent configuration drift, but it does not detect platform availability problems or create operational alerts.
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Common exam trap: answer the scenario, not the keyword
Many certification questions include familiar terms but test a specific constraint. Read the exact wording before choosing an answer that is generally true but wrong for this case.
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How to think about this question
This question should be treated as a scenario, not a definition check. Identify the problem, the constraint and the best action. Then compare each option against those facts.
KKey Concepts to Remember
- Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
- Find the constraint that changes the correct option.
- Eliminate answers that are true in general but not in this case.
- Use explanations to understand the rule behind the answer.
TExam Day Tips
- Underline the problem statement mentally.
- Watch for words such as best, first, most likely and least administrative effort.
- Review why wrong options are wrong, not only why the correct option is correct.
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FAQ
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What does this AZ-104 question test?
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
What is the correct answer to this question?
The correct answer is: A Resource Health alert for the storage account. — Resource Health alerts are the correct monitoring feature when the administrator needs to know that Azure itself has marked a resource as unavailable or degraded. This is different from workload telemetry, because the issue may be in the platform rather than in the application. A Resource Health alert ensures the operations team is notified about platform-level impact even when normal metrics do not reveal the problem. Why others are wrong: Transaction metrics do not reliably signal that Azure has marked the account unhealthy. Diagnostic settings are useful for log collection, but they do not create a health-state alert by themselves. Azure Policy cannot detect runtime availability issues. Resource Health is the feature specifically intended for platform-declared resource availability changes.
What should I do if I get this AZ-104 question wrong?
Then try more questions from the same exam bank and focus on understanding why the wrong options are tempting.
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