Monitoring & backup
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What this topic is really about
Azure Monitor Log Analytics utilizes Kusto Query Language (KQL) to query and analyze large volumes of log data stored in workspaces. Option A is incorrect because T-SQL is used for querying relational databases like SQL Server, not Azure Monitor logs. Options C and D are wrong as they are designed for document databases and APIs, respectively.
Azure Site Recovery coordinates business continuity by replicating running virtual machines to a secondary region for rapid failover during an outage. While Azure Backup is designed for long-term data retention and daily file backups, Site Recovery focuses on real-time replication and system availability.
See the mechanism
Recovery Services vaults act as central storage entities that hold data such as backup copies and recovery points for VMs, SQL databases, and shares. A diagram for this topic isn't available yet — the worked example below walks the same reasoning step by step.
An exam-style question, fully explained
Azure Backup uses Recovery Services vaults to:
- Identify what the question tests: Azure Backup uses Recovery Services vaults to:.
- Recovery Services vaults act as central storage entities that hold data such as backup copies and recovery points for VMs, SQL databases, and shares.
- They do not manage domain name system (DNS) records or run CI/CD pipelines, which are handled by Azure DNS and Azure DevOps respectively.
Traps the examiner sets
- They do not manage domain name system (DNS) records or run CI/CD pipelines, which are handled by Azure DNS and Azure DevOps respectively.
- Option A is incorrect because T-SQL is used for querying relational databases like SQL Server, not Azure Monitor logs.
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