Question 1mediummultiple choice
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Exhibit
Business continuity note: - Current protection: daily Azure VM backups in Recovery Services vault - Requirement: application must remain available during a full regional outage - Recovery objective: users should fail over to another region with minimal interruption
Based on the exhibit, the business says the workload must keep running if an entire Azure region becomes unavailable. Is Azure Backup alone sufficient, and what should you add if it is not?
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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Yes. Azure Backup alone provides continuous service during a regional outage.
Backup protects data and enables recovery, but it does not keep the workload running in another region during an outage. The requirement is availability, not only recovery.
B
Best answer
No. Add Azure Site Recovery or another replication and failover design for regional resilience.
Azure Backup is for restore after data loss or corruption, not for continuously running the workload elsewhere. A full regional outage requires disaster recovery replication and failover, which Azure Site Recovery provides for supported workloads. That design keeps a secondary copy ready in another region so users can fail over when the primary region is unavailable.
C
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Yes. Increasing the backup retention period will keep the application online.
Longer retention preserves older backups, but it does not provide a live secondary environment or automatic failover capability.
D
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No. Configure an action group so operators receive faster notifications during outages.
Notifications help operators respond, but they do not replicate workloads or provide failover. The issue is disaster recovery, not alerting.
Common exam trap
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
Questions learners often ask
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: No. Add Azure Site Recovery or another replication and failover design for regional resilience. — Azure Backup is a recovery tool, not a high-availability or failover solution. The exhibit states that the workload must remain available during a full regional outage, which requires replicated resources in another region and a failover process. Azure Site Recovery is the right addition because it addresses disaster recovery, whereas backup alone only helps after the outage has already impacted the workload. Why others are wrong: Backup retention does not create a live secondary environment. Action groups only notify people and do not move workloads. Saying backup alone is sufficient confuses restore capability with availability. The scenario is specifically about keeping the application running during a region-wide failure, which requires DR design rather than backup alone.
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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