- A
Rotate the storage account keys and review access from the portal activity feed.
Why wrong: Key rotation can be a security practice, but it does not collect telemetry or centralize error and change data for troubleshooting.
- B
Create diagnostic settings on the storage account and the subscription that send logs to the same Log Analytics workspace.
Diagnostic settings are the correct mechanism for exporting both resource logs and subscription Activity log events to Log Analytics. Putting them in the same workspace lets the team correlate storage failures with changes such as deployments or role assignments in one KQL query.
- C
Place the storage account behind an availability set so writes remain available during maintenance.
Why wrong: Availability sets apply to virtual machines, not to storage accounts, and they do not provide log correlation or diagnostics.
- D
Enable a service endpoint from the application subnet and check whether the firewall blocks the writes.
Why wrong: A service endpoint changes network access behavior, but it does not centralize telemetry or help correlate errors with subscription changes.
Quick Answer
The answer is to create diagnostic settings on both the storage account and the subscription, sending their logs to the same Log Analytics workspace. This configuration is correct because it allows you to correlate storage errors, such as StorageWrite failures, directly with subscription activity logs that track role assignments or deployments. By funneling both resource-level platform logs and subscription-level activity logs into a single workspace, you can run cross-table queries to pinpoint whether a recent change—like a new role assignment or a deployment—caused the write failures. On the AZ-104 exam, this scenario tests your understanding of diagnostic settings as the bridge between operational troubleshooting and governance auditing, a common trap being to only configure diagnostics on the storage account and miss the subscription side. A useful memory tip: "Same workspace, different sources—resource logs for the 'what' and activity logs for the 'who'."
AZ-104 Monitor and Maintain Azure Resources Practice Question
This AZ-104 practice question tests your understanding of monitor and maintain azure resources. The scenario asks you to isolate a root cause — eliminate options that address a different problem before choosing. After answering, compare your reasoning against the explanation and wrong-answer breakdown below. Once you have made your selection, read the full explanation to reinforce the concept and understand why each distractor is designed to mislead on exam day.
A storage account is failing writes, and the team also wants to correlate those errors with subscription-level changes such as role assignments or deployments. What should the administrator configure?
Answer choices
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
Create diagnostic settings on the storage account and the subscription that send logs to the same Log Analytics workspace.
Option B is correct because diagnostic settings on both the storage account and the subscription can stream platform logs (e.g., StorageWrite failures) and activity logs (e.g., role assignments, deployments) to the same Log Analytics workspace. This enables correlated queries across resource-level operational issues and subscription-level changes, allowing the administrator to identify if a recent role assignment or deployment caused the write failures.
Key principle: Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
- ✗
Rotate the storage account keys and review access from the portal activity feed.
Why it's wrong here
Key rotation can be a security practice, but it does not collect telemetry or centralize error and change data for troubleshooting.
- ✓
Create diagnostic settings on the storage account and the subscription that send logs to the same Log Analytics workspace.
Why this is correct
Diagnostic settings are the correct mechanism for exporting both resource logs and subscription Activity log events to Log Analytics. Putting them in the same workspace lets the team correlate storage failures with changes such as deployments or role assignments in one KQL query.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
- ✗
Place the storage account behind an availability set so writes remain available during maintenance.
Why it's wrong here
Availability sets apply to virtual machines, not to storage accounts, and they do not provide log correlation or diagnostics.
- ✗
Enable a service endpoint from the application subnet and check whether the firewall blocks the writes.
Why it's wrong here
A service endpoint changes network access behavior, but it does not centralize telemetry or help correlate errors with subscription changes.
Common exam traps
Common exam trap: answer the scenario, not the keyword
The trap here is that candidates may think the Activity Log alone (Option A) is sufficient for correlation, but it lacks the resource-level diagnostic data needed to see the actual write failures, while diagnostic settings to a common Log Analytics workspace provide the necessary cross-layer query capability.
Detailed technical explanation
How to think about this question
Under the hood, diagnostic settings on a storage account can send resource logs (e.g., StorageWrite logs with error codes like 403 or 500) to Log Analytics, while subscription diagnostic settings send the Azure Activity Log (including role assignments via Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/write and deployments via Microsoft.Resources/deployments/write). By using Kusto queries in Log Analytics, you can join these tables on timestamps to pinpoint, for example, that a write failure occurred seconds after a role assignment removed the contributor permission. In real-world scenarios, this correlation is critical for root-cause analysis during incidents where a change management process inadvertently breaks storage operations.
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.
TExam Day Tips
- 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.
Key takeaway
Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Real-world example
How this comes up in practice
A media company stores terabytes of video archives that are accessed once a year for audit purposes. Moving these objects to a cold storage tier (Azure Archive, S3 Glacier, or Google Nearline) costs a fraction of hot storage. Questions like this test whether you understand storage tiers, access frequency tradeoffs, and retrieval latency requirements.
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Monitor and Maintain Azure Resources — This question tests Monitor and Maintain Azure Resources — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
What is the correct answer to this question?
The correct answer is: Create diagnostic settings on the storage account and the subscription that send logs to the same Log Analytics workspace. — Option B is correct because diagnostic settings on both the storage account and the subscription can stream platform logs (e.g., StorageWrite failures) and activity logs (e.g., role assignments, deployments) to the same Log Analytics workspace. This enables correlated queries across resource-level operational issues and subscription-level changes, allowing the administrator to identify if a recent role assignment or deployment caused the write failures.
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Variation 1. A troubleshooting team wants to investigate a storage account write failure and subscription-level role assignment changes in a single Log Analytics workspace. They want to ingest only the telemetry needed for those investigations. Which two sources should they enable? Select two.
medium- ✓ A.Configure diagnostic settings on the storage account to send resource logs to the workspace.
- ✓ B.Export the subscription Azure Activity log to the same workspace.
- C.Enable guest-level Windows event collection on a random virtual machine.
- D.Turn on NSG flow logs for every subnet in the subscription.
- E.Use Azure Advisor recommendations as the source of telemetry.
Why A: Option A is correct because diagnostic settings on a storage account can be configured to send resource logs (such as storage write operations, including details of failed writes) to a Log Analytics workspace. This allows the team to investigate write failures directly from the storage account's telemetry.
Last reviewed: Jun 11, 2026
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