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A company wants to proactively monitor and control its Azure spending. The finance team has set a monthly budget of $10,000 for the 'Marketing' subscription. They want to receive an email notification when the actual spending reaches 80% of the budget and another notification when it reaches 100%. Additionally, if the spending ever exceeds $12,000 in a month, they want to automatically trigger a runbook that scales down non-critical resources. Which Azure feature should the finance team use to achieve all these requirements?
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A
Best answer
Azure Budgets in Microsoft Cost Management with action groups
Azure Budgets allows multiple thresholds (e.g., percentage and absolute) and each threshold can be linked to an action group that sends email or triggers a runbook. This matches all requirements.
B
Distractor review
Azure Advisor cost recommendations
Azure Advisor provides proactive recommendations to optimize costs (e.g., right-sizing VMs, idle resources), but it cannot send alerts based on budget thresholds or automatically trigger runbooks. It only gives advice, not enforcement.
C
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Azure Policy with the 'append' effect
Azure Policy with 'append' effect is used to add tags or other properties to resources during creation. It does not monitor spending or trigger notifications or runbooks based on cost thresholds.
D
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Azure Cost Management invoices
The Invoices section of Azure Cost Management shows billed charges per subscription. It is a reporting tool, not a proactive alerting or automation mechanism. It cannot send email notifications or trigger runbooks.
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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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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: Azure Budgets in Microsoft Cost Management with action groups — Azure Budgets (part of Microsoft Cost Management) allows you to set a spending limit and configure multiple alert thresholds (e.g., 80%, 100%, and an absolute amount). Each threshold can trigger an action group, which can send email, SMS, or invoke an automation runbook. This directly meets all three requirements: two email notifications at percentage thresholds and one automated runbook at an absolute amount threshold. Azure Advisor only provides recommendations but cannot trigger automatic actions. Azure Policy with 'append' effect is used to add tags or enforce compliance, not for cost thresholds. Invoices show historical charges but do not provide proactive alerts or automated remediation.
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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