AZ-305 Practice Question: Design identity, governance, and monitoring solutions
Your company uses Azure Policy to enforce compliance. You need to ensure that all storage accounts use HTTPS only. The policy should automatically remediate non-compliant storage accounts by enabling HTTPS-only. What policy effect should you use?
⚠ Common exam trap
Many candidates confuse 'Deny' (which blocks non-compliant new resources) with 'DeployIfNotExists' (which remediates existing resources), missing the key requirement for automatic remediation of already deployed storage accounts.
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
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DeployIfNotExists
The DeployIfNotExists effect is correct because it not only evaluates whether storage accounts have the 'HTTPS only' setting enabled but also automatically deploys a remediation task to enable it when non-compliance is detected. This ensures continuous compliance without manual intervention, which aligns with the requirement for automatic remediation.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Deny
Why it's wrong here
Deny blocks creation of non-compliant resources but does not remediate existing ones.
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AuditIfNotExists
Why it's wrong here
AuditIfNotExists only checks compliance, does not remediate.
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Append
Why it's wrong here
Append can only add to arrays or strings; cannot change properties like 'supportsHttpsTrafficOnly'.
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DeployIfNotExists
Why this is correct
DeployIfNotExists can deploy a template to set the storage account property to enable HTTPS-only.
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