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You have an on-premises network that contains 100 servers.
You need to recommend a solution that provides additional resources to your users. The solution must minimize capital and operational expenditure costs.
What should you include in the recommendation?
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A. B. C. D.D
A hybrid cloud is a combination of a private cloud and a public cloud.
Capital expenditure is the spending of money up-front for infrastructure such as new servers.
With a hybrid cloud, you can continue to use the on-premises servers while adding new servers in the public cloud (Azure for example). Adding new servers in
Azure minimizes the capital expenditure costs as you are not paying for new servers as you would if you deployed new server on-premises.
Incorrect Answers:
A: A complete migration of 100 servers to the public cloud would involve a lot of operational expenditure (the cost of migrating all the servers).
B: An additional data center would involve a lot of capital expenditure (the cost of the new infrastructure).
C: A private cloud is hosted on on-premises servers to this would involve a lot of capital expenditure (the cost of the new infrastructure to host the private cloud).
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/learn/modules/principles-cloud-computing/4-cloud-deployment-modelsThe correct answer to the question is D. an Azure policy.
Explanation:
Azure Policy is a service in Azure that allows you to create, assign, and manage policies that enforce rules over resources. It provides a way to enforce compliance with organizational standards and best practices. Azure Policy works by evaluating resources for compliance against policy definitions. Policy definitions are rules that are created in JSON format and describe the desired state for a specific resource or set of resources.
In this scenario, we want to prevent the creation of virtual machines in a specific resource group named RG1. To achieve this, we can create an Azure policy definition that denies the creation of virtual machines in RG1. Then we can assign this policy to the RG1 resource group. When the policy is applied, any attempt to create a virtual machine in RG1 will be denied.
The other options are incorrect:
A. A lock can be used to prevent deletion or modification of resources, but it cannot prevent the creation of virtual machines in a specific resource group.
B. An Azure role is used to grant permissions to users or groups to perform specific actions on resources. It cannot prevent the creation of virtual machines in a specific resource group.
C. A tag is used to organize resources and apply metadata to them. It cannot prevent the creation of virtual machines in a specific resource group.
The solution that provides additional resources to users while minimizing capital and operational expenditure costs is a hybrid cloud.
A hybrid cloud is a combination of on-premises infrastructure and cloud services, allowing you to take advantage of both environments. It provides you with the flexibility to host critical workloads on-premises while still taking advantage of the public cloud's scalability and cost savings.
Migrating 100 servers to the public cloud is likely to incur significant capital expenditure costs, as you will need to pay for cloud services and potentially incur migration costs. Additionally, the operational expenditure costs will depend on how the servers are currently being used and whether they can be migrated to the cloud. A complete migration to the public cloud may not be the most cost-effective solution.
Adding an additional data center may provide additional resources, but it will also incur significant capital and operational expenditure costs. You will need to purchase additional hardware, software, and infrastructure to support the new data center, and you will also need to manage the additional resources, which will increase operational expenditure costs.
A private cloud may provide additional resources, but it will still require significant capital and operational expenditure costs to build and maintain the infrastructure. A private cloud is also limited in its scalability compared to the public cloud, making it less flexible.
In summary, a hybrid cloud is the most cost-effective solution as it provides you with the flexibility to host critical workloads on-premises while still taking advantage of the public cloud's scalability and cost savings, while minimizing capital and operational expenditure costs.
