Cost optimization pillar in Azure - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to create a budget alert in Azure Cost Management.

Azure

az consumption budget create --amount [1] --time-grain Monthly --name MyBudget --resource-group MyResourceGroup

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A1000

B5000

Cten thousand

Dbudget

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Common Mistakes

Using non-numeric strings for the amount

Omitting the amount parameter

The --amount parameter requires a numeric value representing the budget limit. '1000' is a valid number.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to list all cost management budgets in a subscription.

Azure

az consumption budget list --subscription [1]

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AMyResourceGroup

B12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789abc

CMyBudget

DMonthly

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Common Mistakes

Using resource group name instead of subscription ID

Using budget name instead of subscription ID

The --subscription parameter requires the subscription ID, which is a GUID like '12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789abc'.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to enable cost alerts when spending reaches 80% of the budget.

Azure

az consumption budget update --name MyBudget --resource-group MyResourceGroup --threshold [1]

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A0.8

B80%

Ceighty

D80

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Common Mistakes

Using decimal values like 0.8

Including the percent sign in the value

The --threshold parameter expects an integer percentage value without the percent sign, so '80' is correct.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a cost management export that runs monthly and saves to a storage account.

Azure

az consumption export create --name MonthlyExport --subscription MySubscription --storage-account [1] --recurrence [2]

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Amystorageaccount

Bweekly

Cmonthly

Ddaily

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Common Mistakes

Using recurrence values that don't match the export frequency

Using incorrect storage account names

The --storage-account requires the storage account name, and --recurrence should be 'monthly' to run monthly exports.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a reserved instance purchase with a 1-year term and a specific SKU.

Azure

az reservation order create --reserved-resource-type VirtualMachines --term [1] --sku [2] --quantity [3]

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A1Year

BStandard_D2s_v3

C5

D12-month

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Common Mistakes

Using incorrect term formats like '12-month'

Using invalid SKU names

Using non-numeric quantity values

The --term should be '1Year' for a one-year reservation, --sku is the VM size like 'Standard_D2s_v3', and --quantity is the number of instances to reserve, here '5'.