Microsoft DevOps Engineer Expert AZ-400 Practice Question
Your team maintains 60 Windows and Linux virtual machines (VMs) in Azure that are used as self-hosted build agents for Azure Pipelines. You must be able to review CPU, memory, and disk utilization trends for all build agents from a single Azure Monitor workbook without signing in to each VM or manually deploying extensions one by one. You plan to store the collected data in a central Log Analytics workspace.
Which action should you perform first to meet these requirements?
Install the Azure Diagnostics extension on each VM and send metrics to the workspace.
Enable Azure Monitor Container Insights on the Log Analytics workspace.
Enable Azure Monitor VM Insights for the subscription and link it to the Log Analytics workspace.
Assign a Guest Configuration policy that audits high CPU usage on all VMs.
Enabling VM Insights (Azure Monitor for VMs) at the subscription, resource group, or workspace level automatically deploys the Azure Monitor Agent (or Log Analytics VM extension on older images) to every selected VM, configures a data collection rule, and begins sending guest-level performance counters such as CPU, memory, and logical disk metrics to the chosen Log Analytics workspace. The built-in Insights workbook then surfaces this data across all onboarded machines.
Installing the Diagnostics extension only streams basic platform metrics and requires per-VM configuration. Container Insights is intended for Kubernetes nodes or Azure Container Instances, not standard VMs. A guest-configuration policy audit does not collect performance data or populate the Insights workbook. Therefore, enabling VM Insights is the correct first step.
Ask Bash
Bash is our AI bot, trained to help you pass your exam. AI Generated Content may display inaccurate information, always double-check anything important.
How does enabling Azure Monitor VM Insights differ from installing the Azure Diagnostics extension?
Open an interactive chat with Bash
What is a Log Analytics workspace, and why is it important in this scenario?
Open an interactive chat with Bash
What role does the Insights workbook play in Azure Monitor VM Insights?
Open an interactive chat with Bash
Microsoft DevOps Engineer Expert AZ-400
Implement an instrumentation strategy
Your Score:
Report Issue
Bash, the Crucial Exams Chat Bot
AI Bot
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Pass with Confidence.
IT & Cybersecurity Package
You have hit the limits of our free tier, become a Premium Member today for unlimited access.
Military, Healthcare worker, Gov. employee or Teacher? See if you qualify for a Community Discount.
Monthly
$19.99 $11.99
$11.99/mo
Billed monthly, Cancel any time.
$19.99 after promotion ends
3 Month Pass
$44.99 $26.99
$8.99/mo
One time purchase of $26.99, Does not auto-renew.
$44.99 after promotion ends
Save $18!
MOST POPULAR
Annual Pass
$119.99 $71.99
$5.99/mo
One time purchase of $71.99, Does not auto-renew.
$119.99 after promotion ends
Save $48!
BEST DEAL
Lifetime Pass
$189.99 $113.99
One time purchase, Good for life.
Save $76!
What You Get
All IT & Cybersecurity Package plans include the following perks and exams .