This DP-900 practice question tests your understanding of describe considerations for working with non-relational data on azure. 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.
A company uses Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 to store analytics data. The security team requires that all data access be audited, including read, write, and delete operations. Which feature should you enable?
Enable Microsoft Purview.
Why wrong: Purview is for data catalog and lineage.
Enable Azure Monitor for the storage account.
Why wrong: Azure Monitor can collect logs but Storage Analytics is more specific.
Enable Storage Analytics logging.
Storage Analytics logs track all operations.
Enable Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
Why wrong: Defender for Cloud provides security alerts, not detailed audit logs.
Answer choices
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
Enable Storage Analytics logging.
Storage Analytics logging captures detailed information about successful and failed requests to a storage account, including read, write, and delete operations. This log data can be used for auditing and analysis, meeting the security team's requirement to audit all data access. The logs are stored in a $logs container within the same storage account.
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.
Enable Microsoft Purview.
Why it's wrong here
Purview is for data catalog and lineage.
Enable Azure Monitor for the storage account.
Why it's wrong here
Azure Monitor can collect logs but Storage Analytics is more specific.
Enable Storage Analytics logging.
Why this is correct
Storage Analytics logs track all operations.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
Enable Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
Why it's wrong here
Defender for Cloud provides security alerts, not detailed audit logs.
Common exam traps
The trap here is that candidates may confuse Azure Monitor (which provides metrics and alerts) with Storage Analytics logging (which provides detailed request-level logs), or think that Microsoft Purview or Defender for Cloud can fulfill the auditing requirement when they serve different purposes.
Detailed technical explanation
Storage Analytics logs are stored in a dedicated $logs container and can be accessed via the Azure portal, programmatically, or by using tools like Azure Storage Explorer. The logs are written in a delimited text format and include fields such as operation type, request status, object key, and user identity. A real-world scenario is when a compliance audit requires proving that no unauthorized deletions occurred; enabling these logs provides the necessary evidence.
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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Describe considerations for working with non-relational data on Azure — This question tests Describe considerations for working with non-relational data on Azure — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
The correct answer is: Enable Storage Analytics logging. — Storage Analytics logging captures detailed information about successful and failed requests to a storage account, including read, write, and delete operations. This log data can be used for auditing and analysis, meeting the security team's requirement to audit all data access. The logs are stored in a $logs container within the same storage account.
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