- A
Create a Resource Health alert for the storage account.
Resource Health alerts report when Azure considers the resource unhealthy due to a platform or regional issue.
- B
Create a metric alert for storage availability or latency on the account.
Storage metrics such as availability or latency capture service degradation on the storage account itself.
- C
Create an Activity Log alert for every blob write.
Why wrong: Blob write events are not the right indicator for platform unavailability or performance degradation on the account.
- D
Send a workbook link in an action group instead of an alert.
Why wrong: Workbooks help with analysis, but they do not replace alert evaluation or incident notification.
- E
Turn on Azure Policy compliance scanning for the storage account.
Why wrong: Policy checks governance compliance, not service health or latency, so it cannot detect the requested operational issues.
Quick Answer
The answer is to configure a Resource Health alert and a metric alert for storage availability or latency. A Resource Health alert directly monitors the Azure platform’s view of your storage account, triggering when Azure itself marks the resource as unavailable due to a regional platform issue, such as an outage or degradation. This satisfies the need for notification on platform-level unavailability. Separately, a metric alert on the storage account’s availability or e2e latency detects abnormal service performance from the account’s perspective, covering the latency requirement. On the AZ-104 exam, this tests your understanding of the distinction between platform health (Resource Health) and account performance (Metric Alerts), a common trap where candidates confuse Azure Monitor metrics with Azure Service Health. Remember the memory tip: “Platform problems? Resource Health. Performance problems? Metric Alert.”
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.
An operations team needs to know when Azure marks a storage account unavailable because of a regional platform issue, and they also want to detect abnormal service latency on the account itself. Which two alerting approaches should they configure? Select two.
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 a Resource Health alert for the storage account.
Option A is correct because a Resource Health alert monitors the health of the storage account from the Azure platform's perspective, triggering when Azure marks the resource as unavailable due to a regional platform issue (e.g., an outage or degradation). This directly addresses the requirement to know when the account is marked unavailable.
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.
- ✓
Create a Resource Health alert for the storage account.
Why this is correct
Resource Health alerts report when Azure considers the resource unhealthy due to a platform or regional issue.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
- ✓
Create a metric alert for storage availability or latency on the account.
Why this is correct
Storage metrics such as availability or latency capture service degradation on the storage account itself.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
- ✗
Create an Activity Log alert for every blob write.
Why it's wrong here
Blob write events are not the right indicator for platform unavailability or performance degradation on the account.
- ✗
Send a workbook link in an action group instead of an alert.
Why it's wrong here
Workbooks help with analysis, but they do not replace alert evaluation or incident notification.
- ✗
Turn on Azure Policy compliance scanning for the storage account.
Why it's wrong here
Policy checks governance compliance, not service health or latency, so it cannot detect the requested operational issues.
Common exam traps
Common exam trap: answer the scenario, not the keyword
The trap here is that candidates may confuse Activity Log alerts (which track control-plane operations) with metric or health alerts (which track data-plane performance and availability), leading them to select option C for monitoring latency or unavailability.
Detailed technical explanation
How to think about this question
Resource Health alerts use the Azure Resource Health service, which evaluates signals from the Azure platform (e.g., heartbeats, error rates) to determine if a resource is 'Available,' 'Degraded,' or 'Unavailable' due to platform or customer-caused issues. Metric alerts for storage availability or latency rely on metrics like 'Availability' (percentage of successful requests) and 'Success E2E Latency' (milliseconds), which are collected at 1-minute granularity and can detect abnormal patterns like a sudden drop in availability or spike in latency. In a real-world scenario, a regional platform issue might cause a Resource Health alert to fire immediately, while a metric alert could catch gradual latency degradation before a full outage.
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
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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..
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The correct answer is: Create a Resource Health alert for the storage account. — Option A is correct because a Resource Health alert monitors the health of the storage account from the Azure platform's perspective, triggering when Azure marks the resource as unavailable due to a regional platform issue (e.g., an outage or degradation). This directly addresses the requirement to know when the account is marked unavailable.
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Variation 1. An operations team wants to know when Azure marks a specific storage account unhealthy because of a regional platform issue. They do not want to depend on a custom metric, a Log Analytics query, or any polling script. What should they create?
hard- A.A metric alert on storage capacity because platform issues always reduce capacity first
- ✓ B.A resource health alert for the storage account
- C.A log alert that searches AzureDiagnostics for unavailable status codes
- D.An activity log alert on every write operation to the storage account
Why B: A resource health alert is the correct choice because it directly monitors the health of a specific Azure resource, such as a storage account, and triggers when Azure detects a platform-level issue that marks the resource as unhealthy. This alert does not require custom metrics, Log Analytics queries, or polling scripts, aligning perfectly with the team's requirement to avoid those dependencies. Resource health alerts are designed to notify you of service-impacting events originating from the Azure platform, not from your own configuration or usage patterns.
Last reviewed: Jun 11, 2026
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