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A company has multiple Azure subscriptions for different departments. The governance team needs to ensure that every new subscription is automatically provisioned with a consistent set of resources, including a predefined network topology, mandatory Azure Policy assignments (e.g., allowed locations), and specific role-based access control (RBAC) assignments for the security team. The solution must be repeatable, version-controlled, and allow the team to update the defined artifacts and apply updates to existing subscriptions. Which Azure service should the team use to define and deploy this collection of governance artifacts?

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A company has multiple Azure subscriptions for different departments. The governance team needs to ensure that every new subscription is automatically provisioned with a consistent set of resources, including a predefined network topology, mandatory Azure Policy assignments (e.g., allowed locations), and specific role-based access control (RBAC) assignments for the security team. The solution must be repeatable, version-controlled, and allow the team to update the defined artifacts and apply updates to existing subscriptions. Which Azure service should the team use to define and deploy this collection of governance artifacts?

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Why each option matters

Good practice is not just finding the correct option. The wrong answers often show the exact trap the exam wants you to fall into.

A

Best answer

Azure Blueprints

Azure Blueprints enables the orchestrated deployment of a collection of Azure artifacts (policies, role assignments, ARM templates, resource groups) in a versioned, repeatable manner. It is the correct service for defining and applying a consistent governance baseline across subscriptions.

B

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Azure Policy

Azure Policy enforces compliance rules (e.g., allowed locations or required tags) but cannot deploy network topologies or RBAC assignments as a coordinated, versioned set of artifacts. Blueprints can include policy assignments, but Policy alone is insufficient for this scenario.

C

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Azure Management Groups

Management Groups provide a hierarchical structure to organize subscriptions and apply policies at scale, but they do not deploy or version resources such as network topologies or RBAC assignments. They are a governance container, not a deployment tool.

D

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Azure Resource Manager templates

ARM templates are used to deploy Azure infrastructure declaratively, but they lack built-in capabilities to include policy definitions, RBAC assignments, and versioning as a holistic governance package. Azure Blueprints can incorporate ARM templates as part of a larger set of artifacts.

Common exam trap

Common exam trap: NAT rules depend on direction and matching traffic

NAT is not only about the public address. The inside/outside interface roles and the ACL or rule that matches traffic are just as important.

Technical deep dive

How to think about this question

NAT questions usually test address translation, overload/PAT behaviour, static mappings and whether the right traffic is being translated. Read the interface direction and address terms carefully.

KKey Concepts to Remember

  • Static NAT maps one inside address to one outside address.
  • PAT allows many inside hosts to share one public address using ports.
  • Inside local and inside global describe the private and translated addresses.
  • NAT ACLs identify traffic for translation, not always security filtering.

TExam Day Tips

  • Identify inside and outside interfaces first.
  • Check whether the scenario needs static NAT, dynamic NAT or PAT.
  • Do not confuse NAT matching ACLs with normal packet-filtering intent.

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Question 1

A developer is building a serverless application that requires integration with an on-premises SQL Server database for real-time data processing. The on-premises network is connected to Azure via a site-to-site VPN. Which Azure service would allow the function to securely access the on-premises database without exposing it to the public internet?

Question 2

A solutions architect is designing a storage solution for a large media company. The company needs to store video files that are accessed infrequently but must be retained for several years for compliance. Which two Azure storage options meet these requirements? (Select two.)

Question 3

A company deploys a multi-tier application using Azure virtual machines. The web tier VMs must be evenly distributed across two distinct data centers within an Azure region to avoid a single point of failure from an infrastructure outage. Which Azure construct should they use to meet this requirement?

Question 4

A company wants to enforce a set of security policies across all their Azure subscriptions. They have created several individual policy definitions. Which Azure construct should they use to group these policies together and assign them as a single package?

Question 5

A company deploys a line-of-business application on an Azure virtual machine. The IT team wants to ensure the application remains secure. According to the shared responsibility model, which of the following security tasks is the sole responsibility of the customer (the company)?

Question 6

A company develops a web API that runs on Azure App Service. The development team wants to deploy a new version of the API to a staging environment, run integration tests against it, and then gradually shift production traffic to the new version. If any issues are detected, they want to immediately roll back to the previous version without redeploying. Which Azure App Service feature should the team use to meet these requirements?

FAQ

Questions learners often ask

What does this AZ-900 question test?

Static NAT maps one inside address to one outside address.

What is the correct answer to this question?

The correct answer is: Azure Blueprints — Azure Blueprints is designed to define and deploy a repeatable set of Azure resources, policies, role assignments, and resource templates that implement governance and compliance standards. Unlike Azure Policy alone, which only enforces rules, Blueprints can orchestrate multiple artifact types and support versioning. Azure Management Groups provide a hierarchical structure for organizing subscriptions but do not deploy resources. Azure Resource Manager templates can deploy infrastructure but lack the built-in policy and role assignment orchestration and versioning capabilities that Blueprints offer. Azure Policy only enforces compliance rules (e.g., allowed locations) and does not deploy network topologies or RBAC assignments as a coordinated package.

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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