Exam AZ-305 topic 2 question 5 discussion

App1: "Lifecycle management policies are supported for block blobs and append blobs in general-purpose v2, premium block blob, and Blob Storage accounts." from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/lifecycle-management-overview so answer is 1 and 3 (2 does not exist. go ahead, try to create one :)

is this old question? because i tried to create storage account and found this only two options: 1- Standard (General Purpose V2) 2- Premium (BlockBlob, FileShare or PageBlob) there is no premium storageV2! then Storage2(premium StorageV2) doesn't exist? may someone explain here?

If you create a premium pageblob and in the portal generate an export template the ARM type is StandardV2 and the SKU.tier is Premium. In the configuration blade for the premium pageblob you can choose Hot or Cool storage tiers.

Storage2, StorageV2 with premium performance is the same as Premium Page Blobs according to this reference: https://www.ais.com/how-to-choose-the-right-kind-of-azure-storage-account/

STORAGE 2 ==> V2 PREMIUM ==> THIS SERVICE DOES NOT EXIST IN AZURE STORAGE V1 STANDARD ONLY EXIST (WHICH IS WHY STORAGE 2 IS NEVER AN ANSWER)

Lifecycle Management Policies: Lifecycle management policies allow you to define rules that automatically move or delete blobs based on their age or other criteria. This feature is available for Blob storage (standard) accounts, GPv2 (general-purpose v2) accounts, and block blob storage accounts (premium). With lifecycle management policies, you can transition blobs between the hot, cool, and archive tiers within these supported storage accounts.

It is true, I just created a StorageV2 (general purpose v2) Premium storage account in my lab & it only provides for "Containers". That's it.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/files/understanding-billing#storage-units "Azure Files provides two distinct billing models: provisioned and pay-as-you-go. The provisioned model is only available for *premium* file shares, which are file shares deployed in the FileStorage storage account kind. The pay-as-you-go model is only available for standard file shares, which are file shares deployed in the *general purpose version 2* (GPv2) storage account kind."

I thought the same, but NFS is premium, Azure file share is on both: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/files/storage-how-to-create-file-share?tabs=azure-portal#:~:text=What%20are%20the%20performance%20requirements%20for%20your%20Azure%20file%20share%3F%0AAzure%20Files%20offers%20standard%20file%20shares%20which%20are%20hosted%20on%20hard%20disk%2Dbased%20(HDD%2Dbased)%20hardware%2C%20and%20premium%20file%20shares%2C%20which%20are%20hosted%20on%20solid%2Dstate%20disk%2Dbased%20(SSD%2Dbased)%20hardware.

Got this in Feb 2023 exam.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/files/storage-files-planning#management-concepts There are two main types of storage accounts you will use for Azure Files deployments: - General purpose version 2 (GPv2) storage accounts: GPv2 storage accounts allow you to deploy Azure file shares on standard/hard disk-based (HDD-based) hardware. In addition to storing Azure file shares, GPv2 storage accounts can store other storage resources such as blob containers, queues, or tables. - FileStorage storage accounts: FileStorage storage accounts allow you to deploy Azure file shares on premium/solid-state disk-based (SSD-based) hardware. FileStorage accounts can only be used to store Azure file shares; no other storage resources (blob containers, queues, tables, etc.) can be deployed in a FileStorage account. Only FileStorage accounts can deploy both SMB and NFS file shares.

This question is either outdated or confusing because the doc https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-account-overview listed just 4 account type. But through your GUI 'test', it seems the question is legit. And if so, the answer for App1 should be Storage1,2&3.