Correct Answer: Azure Monitor Agent (AMA) or Diagnostic Extension
Collecting guest-level telemetry (like memory utilization or disk queue length) requires installing the Azure Monitor Agent (AMA) inside the VM, as the host hypervisor cannot nativ...
Correct Answer
Azure Monitor Agent (AMA) or Diagnostic Extension
Why This Answer Is Correct
Collecting guest-level telemetry (like memory utilization or disk queue length) requires installing the Azure Monitor Agent (AMA) inside the VM, as the host hypervisor cannot natively inspect guest OS memory.
This question evaluates your knowledge of Azure Monitor — a core concept tested in Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104). Understanding Azure Monitor is essential for designing scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud architectures. Mastery of this topic will help you answer scenario-based questions confidently on exam day.
You need to monitor CPU utilization of your Azure Virtual Machines instances and set up alarms for automated actions. Which service should you use?
Your application running on Azure Virtual Machines needs a central location for log aggregation and real-time analysis. Which Azure Monitor capability should you use?
Which Azure service is the central hub for all performance and health data for your Azure resources?
What is the difference between 'Activity Logs' and 'Resource Logs' (Diagnostic Logs) in Azure Monitor?
Which component of Azure Monitor is used to store and query large volumes of log data using the Kusto Query Language (KQL)?