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AZ-140 · Question #354

You have an Azure Virtual Desktop deployment. You use Hyper-V to create a virtual machine that runs Windows 11 and has the following configurations: - Virtual machine generation: Generation 2 - Disk…

The correct answer is B. Change the disk type to fixed. D. Change the disk format to VHD. Prepare a Windows VHD or VHDX to upload to Azure Before you upload a Windows virtual machine (VM) from on-premises to Azure, you must prepare the virtual hard disk (VHD or VHDX). Azure supports both generation 1 and generation 2 VMs that are in VHD file format and that have a…

Submitted by wei.xz· Apr 18, 2026

Question

You have an Azure Virtual Desktop deployment. You use Hyper-V to create a virtual machine that runs Windows 11 and has the following configurations:

  • Virtual machine generation: Generation 2
  • Disk type: Dynamically expanding
  • Disk format: VHDX
  • Disk size: 2 TB

You need to prepare the virtual machine before uploading it to Azure. Which two actions should you perform? Each correct answer presents part of the solution. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

Options

  • ADecrease the disk size to 1 TB.
  • BChange the disk type to fixed.
  • CChange the disk type to differencing.
  • DChange the disk format to VHD.
  • EChange the virtual machine generation to generation 1.

How the community answered

(37 responses)
  • A
    8% (3)
  • B
    84% (31)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • E
    5% (2)

Explanation

Prepare a Windows VHD or VHDX to upload to Azure Before you upload a Windows virtual machine (VM) from on-premises to Azure, you must prepare the virtual hard disk (VHD or VHDX). Azure supports both generation 1 and generation 2 VMs that are in VHD file format and that have a fixed-size disk. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/prepare-for-upload-vhd-image

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