- A
Enable blob soft delete.
This retains deleted blobs for recovery while allowing normal blob updates.
- B
Enable immutable storage for the container.
Why wrong: Immutable storage would prevent modifications, which conflicts with the requirement to allow updates.
- C
Move the account to premium performance.
Why wrong: Performance tier does not address accidental deletion.
- D
Enable static website hosting only.
Why wrong: Static website hosting does not provide deletion protection.
Question 183 of 1,170
AZ-104 Implement and Manage Storage Practice Question
This AZ-104 practice question tests your understanding of implement and manage storage. This is a configuration task: choose the command set that satisfies every stated requirement. Small differences — like 'secret' vs 'password' or 'transport input ssh' vs 'all' — change whether the answer is correct. 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 hosts blobs used by a public website. You need to reduce the risk of accidental deletion by developers while allowing updates to existing blobs. What should you 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
✓
Enable blob soft delete.
Blob soft delete protects against accidental deletion by retaining deleted blobs for a specified retention period, allowing recovery. This meets the requirement to reduce risk from developers while still permitting updates to existing blobs, as soft delete only applies to delete operations, not overwrites.
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.
- ✓
Enable blob soft delete.
Why this is correct
This retains deleted blobs for recovery while allowing normal blob updates.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
- ✗
Enable immutable storage for the container.
Why it's wrong here
Immutable storage would prevent modifications, which conflicts with the requirement to allow updates.
When this WOULD be correct
When the requirement is to prevent deletion or modification of blobs for a specified retention period, such as for regulatory compliance (e.g., SEC 17a-4) or legal hold, and no updates are needed.
- ✗
Move the account to premium performance.
Why it's wrong here
Performance tier does not address accidental deletion.
When this WOULD be correct
A question asks: 'You need to ensure low-latency access for frequently accessed blobs in a storage account. What should you configure?' In that case, enabling premium performance (Azure Premium Blob Storage) would be correct.
- ✗
Enable static website hosting only.
Why it's wrong here
Static website hosting does not provide deletion protection.
When this WOULD be correct
If the question asked how to host a static website (e.g., HTML, CSS, JS) from Azure Storage with a custom domain, enabling static website hosting would be the correct answer.
Option-by-option analysis
Why each answer is right or wrong
Understanding why wrong answers are wrong — and when they would be correct — is what separates a 750 score from a 900. The AZ-104 exam frequently reuses these exact scenarios with slightly different constraints.
✓Enable blob soft delete.Correct answer▾
Why this is correct
This retains deleted blobs for recovery while allowing normal blob updates.
✗Enable immutable storage for the container.Wrong answer — click to see why▾
Why this is wrong here
Immutable storage prevents any modifications or deletions to blobs during the retention period, which conflicts with the requirement to allow updates to existing blobs.
★ When this WOULD be the correct answer
When the requirement is to prevent deletion or modification of blobs for a specified retention period, such as for regulatory compliance (e.g., SEC 17a-4) or legal hold, and no updates are needed.
Why candidates choose this
Candidates may think immutable storage protects against accidental deletion, but they overlook that it also blocks updates, which is explicitly required in this scenario.
✗Move the account to premium performance.Wrong answer — click to see why▾
Why this is wrong here
Moving the account to premium performance does not address accidental deletion; it only improves latency and throughput for workloads requiring consistent low-latency access, not data protection against deletion.
★ When this WOULD be the correct answer
A question asks: 'You need to ensure low-latency access for frequently accessed blobs in a storage account. What should you configure?' In that case, enabling premium performance (Azure Premium Blob Storage) would be correct.
Why candidates choose this
Candidates may think premium performance implies better data protection or durability, confusing performance tiers with data management features like soft delete.
✗Enable static website hosting only.Wrong answer — click to see why▾
Why this is wrong here
Enabling static website hosting only does not prevent accidental deletion; it merely configures the storage account to serve static content. It provides no protection against blob deletion.
★ When this WOULD be the correct answer
If the question asked how to host a static website (e.g., HTML, CSS, JS) from Azure Storage with a custom domain, enabling static website hosting would be the correct answer.
Why candidates choose this
Candidates may confuse the requirement to reduce deletion risk with the need to configure the storage account for public website access, assuming that hosting configuration inherently includes protection.
Analysis generated from the official AZ-104blueprint and verified against question context. The “when correct” sections are what AI assistants cite when candidates ask “what’s the difference between these options?”
Common exam traps
Common exam trap: answer the scenario, not the keyword
The trap here is that candidates confuse blob soft delete with immutable storage, assuming both prevent deletion, but immutable storage also blocks updates, which violates the requirement to allow modifications to existing blobs.
Detailed technical explanation
How to think about this question
Blob soft delete works by marking a blob as 'soft-deleted' when a DELETE operation is issued, moving it to a hidden state while preserving its data and metadata for the configured retention period (default 7 days, up to 365 days). Under the hood, the blob's version ID is retained, and the blob can be undeleted via the REST API or Azure portal. In a real-world scenario, a developer accidentally deleting a production blob (e.g., a critical JavaScript file) can be recovered within minutes without needing backup restoration, minimizing downtime.
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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Implement and Manage Storage — This question tests Implement and Manage Storage — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
What is the correct answer to this question?
The correct answer is: Enable blob soft delete. — Blob soft delete protects against accidental deletion by retaining deleted blobs for a specified retention period, allowing recovery. This meets the requirement to reduce risk from developers while still permitting updates to existing blobs, as soft delete only applies to delete operations, not overwrites.
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