220-802 · Question #515
Which of the following is a business use case for desktop virtualization? (Select TWO).
The correct answer is B. Disaster Recovery D. Software Testing. Desktop virtualization provides business value through rapid VM-based recovery for disaster scenarios and isolated, disposable environments for software testing.
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- ACircumvent software licensing
- BDisaster Recovery
- CSecurity Monitoring
- DSoftware Testing
- EIncreased Storage Space
How the community answered
(52 responses)- A6% (3)
- B90% (47)
- E4% (2)
Why each option
Desktop virtualization provides business value through rapid VM-based recovery for disaster scenarios and isolated, disposable environments for software testing.
Virtualization does not permit software license circumvention - most vendors require per-VM or per-user licensing, and unauthorized use constitutes a legal violation.
Virtual machines can be snapshotted, replicated to alternate sites, and failed over quickly, making desktop virtualization a proven strategy for reducing RTO and RPO in disaster recovery plans.
Security monitoring is performed by SIEM platforms, IDS/IPS systems, and network monitoring tools, not by desktop virtualization infrastructure.
Virtualization allows QA teams to provision identical, isolated desktop images with specific OS and application configurations, run tests, and discard or reset the VM without impacting production systems.
Desktop virtualization consolidates compute workloads onto shared physical hosts but does not inherently add or increase storage capacity, which is managed independently.
Concept tested: Business use cases for desktop virtualization
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/overview
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