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A large enterprise manages Azure subscriptions for three business units: Sales, Research & Development, and Information Technology. Each business unit has its own Azure subscription. The central governance team needs to ensure that a specific set of Azure Policy definitions (e.g., restricting allowed regions to 'East US' only) is applied to all current and future subscriptions belonging to these three business units. The team wants to minimize administrative overhead and ensure that any new subscription created for a business unit automatically inherits the same policies. Which Azure feature should the team use to achieve this goal?
Answer choices
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A
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Assign each policy definition individually to every subscription.
This approach is manual, time-consuming, and does not scale. New subscriptions would require separate policy assignments; inheritance does not apply.
B
Best answer
Create a management group for each business unit, place the corresponding subscription inside each management group, and assign the policy set to each management group.
Management groups allow policy assignment at the group level. Subscriptions inside the group automatically inherit the assigned policies, including future subscriptions placed in that management group. This minimizes administrative overhead.
C
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Create a single resource group at the tenant root level and assign the policy definitions to that resource group.
Resource groups are containers for resources (e.g., VMs, storage accounts), not for subscriptions. A policy cannot be assigned to a resource group at the tenant root to apply to multiple subscriptions.
D
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Use Azure Blueprints to deploy a new subscription with the policies, then manually move each existing subscription into the blueprint's management group.
Azure Blueprints are designed to orchestrate the deployment of a consistent environment (including policies) for a single subscription or management group, but they are not the most efficient tool for simply applying policies to existing subscriptions. Manual moving of subscriptions is required and the description adds unnecessary complexity.
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Common exam trap: answer the scenario, not the keyword
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How to think about this question
This question should be treated as a scenario, not a definition check. Identify the problem, the constraint and the best action. Then compare each option against those facts.
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.
- Use explanations to understand the rule behind the answer.
TExam Day Tips
- Underline the problem statement mentally.
- 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.
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FAQ
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What does this AZ-900 question test?
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
What is the correct answer to this question?
The correct answer is: Create a management group for each business unit, place the corresponding subscription inside each management group, and assign the policy set to each management group. — Management groups provide a hierarchical structure to organize Azure subscriptions. When a policy is assigned at the management group scope, it is automatically inherited by all subscriptions within that management group. This allows efficient governance across multiple subscriptions without manual assignment per subscription.
What should I do if I get this AZ-900 question wrong?
Then try more questions from the same exam bank and focus on understanding why the wrong options are tempting.
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