This AZ-305 practice question tests your understanding of design identity, governance, and monitoring solutions. Match the stated requirement to the specific cloud service, access model, or configuration option — many options are valid in isolation but not for this scenario. 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.
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?
Deny
Why wrong: Deny blocks creation of non-compliant resources but does not remediate existing ones.
AuditIfNotExists
Why wrong: AuditIfNotExists only checks compliance, does not remediate.
Append
Why wrong: Append can only add to arrays or strings; cannot change properties like 'supportsHttpsTrafficOnly'.
DeployIfNotExists
DeployIfNotExists can deploy a template to set the storage account property to enable HTTPS-only.
Answer choices
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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.
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.
Deny
Why it's wrong here
Deny blocks creation of non-compliant resources but does not remediate existing ones.
AuditIfNotExists
Why it's wrong here
AuditIfNotExists only checks compliance, does not remediate.
Append
Why it's wrong here
Append can only add to arrays or strings; cannot change properties like 'supportsHttpsTrafficOnly'.
DeployIfNotExists
Why this is correct
DeployIfNotExists can deploy a template to set the storage account property to enable HTTPS-only.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
Common exam traps
The trap here is that candidates often 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.
Detailed technical explanation
The DeployIfNotExists effect works by evaluating the resource at audit time and, if the condition is not met (e.g., 'supportsHttpsTrafficOnly' is false), it triggers a deployment of a built-in or custom ARM template to enable the setting. This effect relies on a managed identity assigned to the policy assignment to perform the remediation, and it can be combined with a 'Require' parameter to enforce the setting on new resources as well. In a real-world scenario, this is critical for meeting PCI DSS or HIPAA requirements that mandate encryption in transit.
Key takeaway
Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Real-world example
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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Design identity, governance, and monitoring solutions — This question tests Design identity, governance, and monitoring solutions — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
The correct answer is: 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.
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