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AZ-140 · Question #170

You have an Azure Virtual Desktop deployment. You plan to deploy Update Management to manage automated updates for server-based session hosts. You need to configure the prerequisites for Update Manage

The correct answer is A. Create a Log Analytics workspace. B. Create an Azure Automation account.. Azure Update Management (now part of Azure Automation) has two hard prerequisites: (A) a Log Analytics workspace - used to collect and store update assessment data, compliance reports, and logs from the monitored machines; and (B) an Azure Automation account - used to host the Up

Submitted by anna_se· Apr 18, 2026Monitor and maintain an an Azure Virtual Desktop infrastructure

Question

You have an Azure Virtual Desktop deployment. You plan to deploy Update Management to manage automated updates for server-based session hosts. You need to configure the prerequisites for Update Management. Which two actions should you perform? Each correct answer presents part of the solution. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

Options

  • ACreate a Log Analytics workspace.
  • BCreate an Azure Automation account.
  • CCreate an Azure Service Health alert rule.
  • DEnable the Application Insights Agent.
  • EConfigure Azure Network Watcher.

How the community answered

(51 responses)
  • A
    92% (47)
  • C
    2% (1)
  • D
    4% (2)
  • E
    2% (1)

Explanation

Azure Update Management (now part of Azure Automation) has two hard prerequisites: (A) a Log Analytics workspace - used to collect and store update assessment data, compliance reports, and logs from the monitored machines; and (B) an Azure Automation account - used to host the Update Management solution, schedule deployment runs, and execute runbooks that orchestrate patching. Both must be created and linked together before Update Management can be enabled. Option C (Service Health alert) is unrelated. Option D (Application Insights Agent) is for application performance monitoring, not patching. Option E (Network Watcher) is a network diagnostics service with no role in Update Management.

Topics

#Azure Virtual Desktop#Update Management#Azure Automation#Log Analytics

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