Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate AZ-104 Practice Question

Network Performance Monitor (NPM) is a feature within Azure Monitor specifically designed to monitor network performance across hybrid and Azure networks. NPM provides insights into network latency, packet loss, and topology between various network endpoints, which is essential for diagnosing connectivity issues and identifying network bottlenecks across regions.

Azure Monitor Metrics collects and analyzes performance metrics but lacks the in-depth network performance monitoring capabilities needed for this scenario. Azure Traffic Manager is a DNS-based traffic load balancer that directs client requests but does not provide network performance monitoring. Network Security Group (NSG) Flow Logs capture IP traffic flow information through NSGs for security analysis, not for monitoring network performance metrics like latency or diagnosing connectivity issues.