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AZ-204 · Question #574

A company uses an Azure Blob Storage for archiving. The company requires that data in the Blob Storage is only in the archive tier. You need to ensure data copied to the Blob Storage is moved to the a

The correct answer is B. Create a lifecycle policy with an action of tierToArchive and configure. Some data stays idle in the cloud and is rarely, if ever, accessed. The following lifecycle policy is configured to archive data shortly after it's ingested. This example transitions block blobs in a container named archivecontainer into an archive tier. The transition is accompl

Submitted by wei.xz· Mar 30, 2026Develop for Azure storage

Question

A company uses an Azure Blob Storage for archiving. The company requires that data in the Blob Storage is only in the archive tier. You need to ensure data copied to the Blob Storage is moved to the archive tier. What should you do?

Options

  • AUse a Put Block List operation with a request header of x-ms-immutability-policy-mode.
  • BCreate a lifecycle policy with an action of tierToArchive and configure
  • CUse a Put Blob operation with a request header of x-ms-immutability-policy-until-date.
  • DCreate a lifecycle policy with an action of tierToArchive and configure a filter for blobIndexMatch.

How the community answered

(28 responses)
  • A
    4% (1)
  • B
    82% (23)
  • C
    4% (1)
  • D
    11% (3)

Explanation

Some data stays idle in the cloud and is rarely, if ever, accessed. The following lifecycle policy is configured to archive data shortly after it's ingested. This example transitions block blobs in a container named archivecontainer into an archive tier. The transition is accomplished by acting on blobs 0 days after last modified time. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/lifecycle-management-overview

Topics

#blob lifecycle policy#archive tier#tierToArchive#storage tiers

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