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AZ-900 · Question #140

Hotspot Question You need to identify which blades in the Azure portal must be used to perform the following tasks: - View security recommendations. - Monitor the health of Azure services. - Browse av

The correct answer is Monitor the health of Azure services:: Monitor; Browse available virtual machine images:: Marketplace; View security recommendations:: Advisor. Match common Azure management tasks to their corresponding Azure portal blades: Azure Monitor, Azure Marketplace, and Azure Advisor.

Submitted by the_admin· Mar 5, 2026Describe Azure Management and Governance

Question

Hotspot Question You need to identify which blades in the Azure portal must be used to perform the following tasks: - View security recommendations. - Monitor the health of Azure services. - Browse available virtual machine images. Which blade should you identify for each task? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point. Answer:

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AZ-900 question #140 exhibit

Answer Area

  • Monitor the health of Azure services:Monitor
    MonitorSubscriptionsMarketplaceAdvisor
  • Browse available virtual machine images:Marketplace
    MonitorSubscriptionsMarketplaceAdvisor
  • View security recommendations:Advisor
    MonitorSubscriptionsMarketplaceAdvisor

Explanation

Match common Azure management tasks to their corresponding Azure portal blades: Azure Monitor, Azure Marketplace, and Azure Advisor.

Approach. 1. 'Monitor the health of Azure services' maps to 'Monitor'. Azure Monitor provides a comprehensive solution for collecting, analyzing, and acting on telemetry from your cloud and on-premises environments to track service health and performance. 2. 'Browse available virtual machine images' maps to 'Marketplace'. The Azure Marketplace is an online store that offers thousands of certified, open source, and community software applications, including a vast catalog of pre-configured virtual machine images. 3. 'View security recommendations' maps to 'Advisor'. Azure Advisor is a personalized cloud consultant that analyzes resource configurations and usage telemetry to provide actionable recommendations for security, performance, cost, and high availability.

Common mistakes.

  • common_mistake. A common mistake is confusing the roles of 'Monitor' and 'Advisor'. While Azure Monitor tracks real-time operational health, metrics, and logs, Azure Advisor is specifically designed to provide proactive best-practice recommendations (such as security enhancements). Selecting 'Subscriptions' is incorrect for all these tasks, as the Subscriptions blade is used primarily for managing billing, resource quotas, and access control boundaries.

Concept tested. Core Azure management tools, portal navigation, and the specific capabilities of Azure Monitor, Azure Marketplace, and Azure Advisor.

Topics

#Azure Advisor#Azure Monitor#Azure Marketplace#Azure portal

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