Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate AZ-104 Practice Question
You are an Azure administrator for Contoso Ltd. One of your Azure virtual machines, VM1, cannot access external websites. VM1 connects to VNet1 and resides in Subnet1. Other VMs in the same subnet reach the internet without issues. You must determine why VM1 cannot reach external resources. Which component should you check first?
Ensure that the virtual network gateway is configured for VNet1
Verify the effective network security group (NSG) rules applied to VM1's network interface
Check the routing table for Subnet1 to confirm that a user-defined route is not blocking internet access
Confirm that VM1 has a valid public IP address assigned
Because the other virtual machines in Subnet1 can reach the internet, the issue is specific to VM1. A network security group can be associated directly with a VM's network interface and might contain outbound rules that block internet traffic. Reviewing the effective NSG rules on VM1's NIC will reveal any rule preventing outbound connectivity. A public IP address is unnecessary for outbound access because Azure provides default outbound connectivity for VMs without public IPs. A virtual network gateway is used for site-to-site or VNet-to-VNet connections, not for general internet access. User-defined routes apply at the subnet level; since the other VMs work, a route table problem is unlikely.
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