Automated Alert for Administrator Shutdown

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The correct answer to the question is C. Azure Monitor.

Azure Monitor is a comprehensive monitoring service provided by Microsoft Azure. It enables you to collect, analyze, and act on telemetry data from various Azure resources, including virtual machines (VMs). Azure Monitor provides insights into the performance and availability of your applications and infrastructure deployed in Azure.

To automatically send an alert when an administrator stops an Azure virtual machine, you can leverage Azure Monitor's capabilities. Specifically, you can use the Azure Monitor feature called "Alerts." Alerts in Azure Monitor allow you to define conditions based on metrics and log data and trigger actions when those conditions are met.

Here's how you can set up an alert in Azure Monitor for detecting when an administrator stops an Azure virtual machine:

1. Go to the Azure portal (portal.azure.com) and navigate to the Azure Monitor service.

2. In Azure Monitor, locate the "Alerts" section and click on "New Alert Rule" to create a new alert rule.

3. Configure the alert rule by specifying the following details:

   • Resource: Select the Azure virtual machine that you want to monitor for administrator stops.
   • Condition: Define the condition that triggers the alert. In this case, you would set a condition to detect when the VM status changes to "Stopped" or when a specific control plane API operation is executed to stop the VM.
   • Actions: Specify the actions to be taken when the alert condition is met. For example, you can choose to send an email notification, trigger an Azure Function, or integrate with other third-party services.
   • Alert Details: Provide a name and description for the alert rule.

4. Save the alert rule to activate it.

Once the alert rule is active, Azure Monitor will continuously monitor the virtual machine's status. If the administrator stops the VM, Azure Monitor will detect the change based on the condition specified in the alert rule and trigger the defined actions, such as sending an alert notification.

In summary, while Azure Advisor provides recommendations to optimize your Azure resources, Azure Service Health provides information about service issues, and Azure Network Watcher focuses on network monitoring and diagnostics, Azure Monitor is the appropriate service for automatically sending an alert if an administrator stops an Azure virtual machine.

The correct answer to this question is C. Azure Monitor.

Azure Monitor is a service in Azure that allows you to collect and analyze telemetry data from your Azure resources, including virtual machines. You can use Azure Monitor to create custom alerts based on a variety of criteria, such as when a virtual machine is stopped.

To set up an alert for when an administrator stops an Azure virtual machine, you can follow these steps:

1. In the Azure portal, navigate to the virtual machine you want to monitor.
2. In the left-hand menu, click on "Alerts."
3. Click on the "New alert rule" button.
4. Choose the virtual machine you want to monitor.
5. Set the alert condition to "Virtual machine state change" and choose "Stopped (deallocated)."
6. Choose the action group you want to use for notifications.
7. Click "Create alert rule."

With this alert rule in place, you will receive a notification whenever an administrator stops the virtual machine. You can configure the notification to be sent via email, SMS, webhook, or other channels.

Azure Advisor is a service that provides recommendations for optimizing your Azure resources, but it does not provide alerts for virtual machine state changes.

Azure Service Health provides information about Azure service disruptions and planned maintenance, but it does not provide alerts for virtual machine state changes.

Azure Network Watcher is a service that provides network monitoring and diagnostic tools, but it does not provide alerts for virtual machine state changes.