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AZ-104 · Question #727

Your on-premises network contains a VPN gateway. You have an Azure subscription that contains the resources shown in the following table. You need to ensure that all the traffic from VM1 to storage1…

The correct answer is B. private endpoints. To ensure traffic from an Azure VM to an Azure Storage account traverses the Microsoft backbone network, private endpoints should be configured.

Submitted by cyberguy42· Mar 30, 2026Implement and manage virtual networking

Question

Your on-premises network contains a VPN gateway. You have an Azure subscription that contains the resources shown in the following table. You need to ensure that all the traffic from VM1 to storage1 travels across the Microsoft backbone network. What should you configure?

Options

  • Aa network security group (NSG)
  • Bprivate endpoints
  • CMicrosoft Entra Application Proxy
  • DAzure Virtual WAN

How the community answered

(19 responses)
  • A
    11% (2)
  • B
    74% (14)
  • C
    5% (1)
  • D
    11% (2)

Why each option

To ensure traffic from an Azure VM to an Azure Storage account traverses the Microsoft backbone network, private endpoints should be configured.

Aa network security group (NSG)

A network security group (NSG) filters network traffic based on rules, but it does not dictate the routing path to Azure platform services over the Microsoft backbone network.

Bprivate endpointsCorrect

Private endpoints provide a private IP address for an Azure service like Storage Account within a virtual network. This allows traffic from VM1 to Storage1 to flow entirely within the Azure virtual network and the Microsoft backbone, bypassing the public internet and any on-premises connectivity.

CMicrosoft Entra Application Proxy

Microsoft Entra Application Proxy provides secure remote access to on-premises web applications for users, which is unrelated to connecting an Azure VM to an Azure storage account.

DAzure Virtual WAN

Azure Virtual WAN is a networking service for large-scale branch-to-Azure connectivity and global networks, but it is not the specific mechanism to enable private, backbone-only access for an Azure VM to a PaaS service.

Concept tested: Secure private access to Azure PaaS services using Private Endpoints

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/private-link/private-endpoint-overview

Topics

#private endpoints#storage networking#Microsoft backbone#VPN gateway

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