This AZ-104 practice question tests your understanding of deploy and manage azure compute. 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.
You need to redeploy an Azure virtual machine to a new host while keeping the VM configuration and attached disks. Which action should you use in the Azure portal?
Resize
Why wrong: Resizing changes the VM size and may not move it to a new host for troubleshooting.
Redeploy
Redeploy moves the VM to a new host while keeping the configuration and disks.
Capture
Why wrong: Capture creates an image rather than moving the existing VM to a new host.
Reapply
Why wrong: Reapply refreshes the VM state but is not the same as redeploying to a new host.
Answer choices
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
Redeploy
The Redeploy action moves the VM to a new Azure host node while preserving the VM configuration, attached managed disks, and network resources. This is used to recover from underlying host failures or performance issues without losing the VM's state or data.
Key principle: Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Answer analysis
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
Resize
Why it's wrong here
Resizing changes the VM size and may not move it to a new host for troubleshooting.
Redeploy
Why this is correct
Redeploy moves the VM to a new host while keeping the configuration and disks.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
Capture
Why it's wrong here
Capture creates an image rather than moving the existing VM to a new host.
Reapply
Why it's wrong here
Reapply refreshes the VM state but is not the same as redeploying to a new host.
Common exam traps
The trap here is that candidates confuse 'Redeploy' with 'Reapply' or 'Resize', assuming any action that changes the host qualifies, but only Redeploy explicitly moves the VM to a new host while keeping all configuration and disks intact.
Detailed technical explanation
Under the hood, Redeploy triggers a VM deallocation followed by a new allocation on a different physical host within the same Azure region and availability set (if applicable). This process preserves the VM's virtual hard disks (VHDs) on the same storage account or managed disk, and the VM's private IP address is retained if using a static allocation. In real-world scenarios, this is critical when a VM experiences performance degradation due to underlying host hardware issues, as it provides a non-disruptive recovery path without requiring a full re-creation.
Key takeaway
Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Real-world example
An e-commerce site experiences heavy traffic on Black Friday and near-zero traffic during off-peak weeks. Rather than provisioning permanent large VMs, the team uses auto-scaling groups that add capacity automatically under load and reduce it overnight. Questions like this test whether you understand elasticity, availability zones, and cloud compute scaling patterns.
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Deploy and Manage Azure Compute — This question tests Deploy and Manage Azure Compute — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
The correct answer is: Redeploy — The Redeploy action moves the VM to a new Azure host node while preserving the VM configuration, attached managed disks, and network resources. This is used to recover from underlying host failures or performance issues without losing the VM's state or data.
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