AZ-305 Design infrastructure solutions Practice Question
Your company is migrating on-premises virtual machines to Azure. You need to assess the current environment and get a cost estimate for Azure. Which tool should you use?
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
✓
Azure Migrate
Azure Migrate provides assessment and migration capabilities for on-premises workloads to Azure. It can discover on-premises VMs and provide a cost estimate for running them in Azure. Option A (Azure Cost Management) is for cost analysis after migration, not for initial assessment. Option C (Azure Monitor) is for monitoring, not assessment. Option D (Azure Advisor) gives optimization recommendations after deployment.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
- ✗
Azure Cost Management
Why it's wrong here
Azure Cost Management reports and analyses spend on resources already deployed in Azure; it cannot discover on-premises virtual machines or model their future running costs. It is tempting because it is the native Azure tool for cost visibility, and it would be the right choice for tracking or forecasting expenditure on existing Azure subscriptions.
- ✓
Azure Migrate
Why this is correct
Azure Migrate discovers and assesses on-premises VMs, producing readiness findings and Azure cost estimates through its assessment tooling. This directly satisfies the stem's dual requirement to assess the current environment and obtain a cost estimate before migration.
- ✗
Azure Monitor
Why it's wrong here
Azure Monitor collects metrics, logs and alerts from deployed resources; it performs no on-premises discovery or pricing estimation for a migration. It is tempting because it is the platform's native monitoring service, and it would be correct for observing performance and health of virtual machines once they are running in Azure.
- ✗
Azure Advisor
Why it's wrong here
Azure Advisor gives recommendations on cost, security, and reliability for resources already deployed in Azure; it does not assess on-premises VMs. Azure Migrate is the correct tool for discovery, dependency mapping, and cost estimation before migration.
Go deeper
Related to this question
About these practice questions
One of 795 original AZ-305 practice questions on Courseiva, each with a full explanation and wrong-answer analysis — not exam dumps or protected exam content. Learn why practice questions differ from exam dumps →
JA
Written by Johnson Ajibi, MSc IT Security
Senior Network & Security Engineer · founder of Courseiva
This AZ-305 practice question is part of Courseiva's free Microsoft certification practice question bank. Courseiva provides original exam-style practice questions with explanations, topic-based practice, mock exams, readiness tracking, and study analytics to help learners prepare for the AZ-305 exam.