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AZ-204 · Question #224

Drag and Drop Question You are maintaining an existing application that uses an Azure Blob GPv1 Premium storage account. Data older than three months is rarely used. Data newer than three months…

The correct answer is Upgrade the storage account to GPv2; Create a new GPv2 Standard account and set its default access tier level to cool; Copy the data to be archived to a Standard GPv2 storage account and then delete the data from the original storage account. GPv1 Premium storage accounts do not support lifecycle management policies or tiered storage (cool/archive), so the account must first be upgraded to GPv2. However, Premium storage accounts cannot be directly converted to Standard (which is required for archive tier support)…

Submitted by tunde_lagos· Mar 30, 2026Implement and Manage Storage in Azure - specifically configuring blob storage lifecycle management, understanding storage account types (GPv1, GPv2, Premium vs Standard), and data archiving strategies for cost optimization.

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Drag and Drop Question You are maintaining an existing application that uses an Azure Blob GPv1 Premium storage account. Data older than three months is rarely used. Data newer than three months must be available immediately. Data older than a year must be saved but does not need to be available immediately. You need to configure the account to support a lifecycle management rule that moves blob data to archive storage for data not modified in the last year. Which three actions should you perform in sequence? To answer, move the appropriate actions from the list of actions to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order. Answer:

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Upgrade the storage account to GPv2Create a new GPv2 Standard account and set its default access tier level to coolChange the storage account access tier from hot to coolCopy the data to be archived to a Standard GPv2 storage account and then delete the data from the original storage account

Correct arrangement

  • Upgrade the storage account to GPv2
  • Create a new GPv2 Standard account and set its default access tier level to cool
  • Copy the data to be archived to a Standard GPv2 storage account and then delete the data from the original storage account

Explanation

GPv1 Premium storage accounts do not support lifecycle management policies or tiered storage (cool/archive), so the account must first be upgraded to GPv2. However, Premium storage accounts cannot be directly converted to Standard (which is required for archive tier support), so a new GPv2 Standard account must be created. The data must then be copied to the new Standard GPv2 account and deleted from the original Premium account, because archive tier is only available on Standard (not Premium) storage, and lifecycle management rules requiring archive access require a Standard GPv2 account.

Topics

#Azure Blob Storage#Lifecycle Management Policies#Storage Account Tiers#GPv2 Storage Migration

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