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AZ-140 · Question #39

You have a Azure Virtual Desktop host pool named Pool1 and an Azure Automation account named account1. Pool1 is integrated with an Azure Active Directory Domain Services (Azure AD DS) managed domain…

The correct answer is A. a managed identity in Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). The identity is managed by the Azure platform and users could eliminate the management overhead associated with managing Run As Account in the runbook code. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-automation-managed-identities-ga/

Submitted by chiamaka_o· Apr 18, 2026Plan and implement identity and security

Question

You have a Azure Virtual Desktop host pool named Pool1 and an Azure Automation account named account1. Pool1 is integrated with an Azure Active Directory Domain Services (Azure AD DS) managed domain named contoso.com. You plan to configure scaling for Pool1 by using Azure Automation runbooks. You need to authorize the runbooks to manage the scaling of Pool1. The solution must minimize administrative effort. What should you configure?

Options

  • Aa managed identity in Azure Active Directory (Azure AD)
  • Ba group Managed Service Account (gMSA) in Azure AD DS
  • Ca Connections shared resource in Azure Automation
  • Da Run As account in Azure Automation

How the community answered

(44 responses)
  • A
    73% (32)
  • B
    16% (7)
  • C
    7% (3)
  • D
    5% (2)

Explanation

The identity is managed by the Azure platform and users could eliminate the management overhead associated with managing Run As Account in the runbook code. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-automation-managed-identities-ga/

Topics

#Azure Automation#Managed Identity#Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)#Authorization

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