Viewing Service Failure Notifications for VM1 in Azure

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In the Azure virtual machines page in the Azure portal, there is a named Maintenance Status. This column will display service issues that could affect your virtual machine. A service failure is rare but host server maintenance that could affect your virtual machines is more common.

Azure periodically updates its platform to improve the reliability, performance, and security of the host infrastructure for virtual machines. The purpose of these updates ranges from patching software components in the hosting environment to upgrading networking components or decommissioning hardware.

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

Azure Monitor is a comprehensive monitoring solution that provides visibility into the performance and health of your Azure resources, including virtual machines, applications, and services. With Azure Monitor, you can collect and analyze data from various sources, such as performance counters, log files, and events, to identify and troubleshoot issues that can affect the availability and performance of your resources.

In this scenario, you have a virtual machine named VM1 that runs Windows Server 2016 in the East US Azure region. You want to view service failure notifications that can affect the availability of VM1. Azure Monitor can help you achieve this by providing the following features:

1. Alerts: You can create alerts that notify you when certain conditions are met, such as when a virtual machine becomes unresponsive or when a service is unavailable. Azure Monitor can send alerts through various channels, such as email, SMS, and webhooks.

2. Metrics: You can collect and analyze performance metrics for your virtual machine, such as CPU usage, memory usage, and disk I/O. Azure Monitor can display metrics in charts and graphs that help you understand trends and patterns.

3. Logs: You can collect and analyze log data from your virtual machine, such as event logs, application logs, and custom logs. Azure Monitor can help you search, filter, and query log data to identify issues and troubleshoot problems.

4. Service Health: You can view the service health of Azure services that your virtual machine depends on, such as storage accounts, virtual networks, and load balancers. Azure Monitor can display service health in a dashboard that shows the status of each service and any active incidents.

In contrast, the other answer options are not the best choices for viewing service failure notifications that can affect the availability of VM1:

A. Azure Service Fabric is a platform for building and deploying microservices. While it provides some monitoring features, it is not the best choice for monitoring a virtual machine.

C. Azure Virtual Machines is a service that allows you to deploy and manage virtual machines in Azure. While it provides some monitoring features, it is not as comprehensive as Azure Monitor.

D. Azure Advisor is a service that provides recommendations for optimizing your Azure resources, such as virtual machines and storage accounts. While it can help improve the performance and reliability of your resources, it does not provide real-time monitoring or notifications.