AZ-900 · Question #210
Your company has an Azure subscription that contains the following unused resources: - 20 user accounts in Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) - Five groups in Azure AD - 10 public IP addresses - 10 net
The correct answer is C. the public IP addresses. To reduce Azure costs, the company should remove unused public IP addresses, as these resources incur charges even when not actively associated with a service.
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Options
- Athe user accounts
- Bthe network interfaces
- Cthe public IP addresses
- Dthe groups
How the community answered
(25 responses)- A8% (2)
- B12% (3)
- C76% (19)
- D4% (1)
Why each option
To reduce Azure costs, the company should remove unused public IP addresses, as these resources incur charges even when not actively associated with a service.
User accounts in Azure AD typically do not incur direct costs unless premium Azure AD licenses or specific paid features are utilized.
Network interfaces themselves are generally free components, only incurring costs if associated with other billable resources like VMs that have specific configurations.
Public IP addresses in Azure are a billable resource, and static public IP addresses incur charges even when they are not associated with any running service or virtual machine. Removing these unused public IPs directly contributes to cost reduction.
Groups in Azure AD are organizational constructs and do not incur direct charges on their own.
Concept tested: Azure cost management for unused resources
Source: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/ip-addresses/
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