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SC-900 · Question #223

What is Azure Key Vault used for?

The correct answer is C. to safeguard cryptographic keys and other secrets used by cloud apps and services. Azure Key Vault is a cloud service for securely storing and accessing secrets. A secret is anything that you want to tightly control access to, such as API keys, passwords, certificates, or cryptographic keys…

Submitted by fernanda_arg· Apr 18, 2026Describe the capabilities of Microsoft security solutions

Question

What is Azure Key Vault used for?

Options

  • Ato deploy a cloud-based network security service that protects Azure virtual network resources
  • Bto protect cloud-based applications from cyber threats and vulnerabilities
  • Cto safeguard cryptographic keys and other secrets used by cloud apps and services
  • Dto provide secure and seamless RDP/SSH connectivity to Azure virtual machines via TLS from

How the community answered

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  • A
    2% (1)
  • B
    4% (2)
  • C
    92% (46)
  • D
    2% (1)

Explanation

Azure Key Vault is a cloud service for securely storing and accessing secrets. A secret is anything that you want to tightly control access to, such as API keys, passwords, certificates, or cryptographic keys. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/key-vault/general/basic-concepts

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#Azure Key Vault#Secrets Management#Key Management#Cloud Security

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