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AZ-104 · Question #94

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The correct answer is B. No. Option B (No) is correct because enabling Update Management only configures patch and update orchestration for the VM's operating system - it has no capability to migrate a VM to a different physical host. Why the distractor (A/Yes) is wrong: Update Management is a patching…

Submitted by rachelw· Mar 4, 2026Deploy and manage Azure compute resources

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Note: This question is part of a series of questions that present the same scenario. Each question in the series contains a unique solution that might meet the stated goals. Some question sets might have more than one correct solution, while others might not have a correct solution. After you answer a question in this section, you will NOT be able to return to it. As a result, these questions will not appear in the review screen. You have an Azure virtual machine named VM1. VM1 was deployed by using a custom Azure Resource Manager template named ARM1.json. You receive a notification that VM1 will be affected by maintenance. You need to move VM1 to a different host immediately. Solution: From the Update management blade, you click enable. Does this meet the goal?

Options

  • AYes
  • BNo

How the community answered

(47 responses)
  • A
    13% (6)
  • B
    87% (41)

Explanation

Option B (No) is correct because enabling Update Management only configures patch and update orchestration for the VM's operating system - it has no capability to migrate a VM to a different physical host.

Why the distractor (A/Yes) is wrong: Update Management is a patching service; it schedules and deploys OS updates (Windows/Linux), not infrastructure-level operations. Clicking "enable" there simply onboards the VM to patch management, leaving its physical host completely unchanged.

What you should do instead: To immediately move a VM to a different host in response to a maintenance notification, use the Redeploy option found in the VM blade under Support + troubleshooting → Redeploy. This shuts down the VM and restarts it on a new Azure host node right away. Alternatively, if the VM is in an Availability Set, Planned Maintenance events support self-service migration via the Azure portal.

Memory tip: Associate Update Management with software updates (patches), and Redeploy with hardware/host changes. Anytime a question says "move to a different host immediately," think Redeploy - not any update or management blade.

Topics

#Azure Virtual Machines#VM Maintenance#Azure Update Management#VM Operations

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