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A company has three Azure subscriptions: one for the engineering department, one for marketing, and one for finance. The central IT team needs to apply a common set of Azure Policy definitions (e.g., allowed locations for resources) that must be enforced across all three subscriptions. Additionally, each department manager must be able to apply custom policies that only affect their own subscription. The IT team wants to organize the subscriptions into a hierarchy where they can assign the common policy at the top level and delegate custom policy assignment at the subscription level. Which Azure feature should the IT team use to create this hierarchical structure?

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A company has three Azure subscriptions: one for the engineering department, one for marketing, and one for finance. The central IT team needs to apply a common set of Azure Policy definitions (e.g., allowed locations for resources) that must be enforced across all three subscriptions. Additionally, each department manager must be able to apply custom policies that only affect their own subscription. The IT team wants to organize the subscriptions into a hierarchy where they can assign the common policy at the top level and delegate custom policy assignment at the subscription level. Which Azure feature should the IT team use to create this hierarchical structure?

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A

Best answer

Management groups

Correct. Management groups allow you to organize Azure subscriptions into a hierarchy for central policy and compliance management. Policies assigned at a management group are inherited by all subscriptions and resource groups under that group.

B

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Resource groups

Incorrect. Resource groups are logical containers used to manage and organize Azure resources within a single subscription. They cannot contain subscriptions or provide a cross-subscription hierarchy.

C

Distractor review

Azure Policy

Incorrect. Azure Policy is the service that creates, assigns, and manages policy definitions to enforce rules on resources. While policies can be assigned at management group, subscription, or resource group scope, Azure Policy itself does not provide the hierarchical container structure needed to organize subscriptions.

D

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Azure role-based access control (RBAC)

Incorrect. Azure RBAC is used to manage access to Azure resources by assigning roles to users, groups, or applications. It does not provide a way to group subscriptions into a hierarchy for policy management.

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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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Question 1

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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?

Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.

What is the correct answer to this question?

The correct answer is: Management groups — Azure Management Groups provide a hierarchical structure that can contain Azure subscriptions. You can apply policies and role-based access control (RBAC) at the management group level, and those assignments are inherited by all subscriptions within that management group. This allows the central IT team to assign common policies (e.g., allowed regions) to the root management group (or a top-level management group containing all subscriptions) while still allowing department-level policy assignments directly on each subscription. Resource groups are containers for resources, not for subscriptions. Azure Policy is the service that enforces rules but does not provide subscription hierarchy. Azure RBAC manages access control but does not organize subscriptions into a hierarchy.

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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