Exam AZ-500 topic 1 question 35 discussion

# IN EXAM - 29/9/2021 - Pass!

# IN EXAM - 31/8/2021

Answer: C, Activity Log Reason: The Activity Log in Azure Monitor records all operations performed on resources at the subscription level, including resource creation, modification, and deletion. Reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/essentials/activity-log

The question asks for data 15 days old. Activity logs are retained by default for 30 days(Basic) and 90 days (Standard), but can be setup with longer retention periods if needed.

arent Activity logs are kept only for 90 days?

Activity Log

C. Activity Log

The Activity Log in Azure Monitor provides a comprehensive record of activities performed on resources within your Azure subscription. It includes information about various operations such as creating, modifying, or deleting resources. By querying the Activity Log, you can search for events related to the removal of a virtual machine and identify the user who performed the action.

C is the answer. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/alerts/alerts-types#choose-the-right-alert-type - Activity log alert Activity logs provide auditing of all actions that occurred on resources. Use activity log alerts to be alerted when a specific event happens to a resource like a restart, a shutdown, or the creation or deletion of a resource. Service Health alerts and Resource Health alerts let you know when there's an issue with one of your services or resources.

C. Activity Log

Use the Activity Log, to determine the what, who, and when...taken on the resources in your subscription. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/essentials/platform-logs-overview

CORRECT

C: Activity Log shows 'management plane' data

Activity logs provide " insight into the operations on each Azure resource in the subscription from the outside (the management plane) in addition to updates on Service Health events. Use the Activity Log, to determine the what, who, and when for any write operations (PUT, POST, DELETE) taken on the resources in your subscription. There is a single Activity log for each Azure subscription. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/essentials/platform-logs-overview

"Activity logs provides insight into the operations that were performed on resources in your subscription."

C is correct answer

Answer is C