AZ-104 Question 106
Single answerYou manage an Azure Storage account used by your team to store campaign assets. Assets older than 30 days must automatically move to the Cool tier, assets older than 90 days must move to the Archive tier, and assets older than 180 days must be permanently deleted. Which of the following describes the correct lifecycle management policy configuration to meet these requirements?
- A
Create a single rule that moves blobs to the Archive tier at 30 days and deletes them at 90 days.
- B
Create a single rule that moves blobs to the Cool tier at 30 days, moves them to the Archive tier at 90 days, and deletes them at 180 days.
- C
Create one rule for moving blobs to the Cool tier at 30 days and another separate rule for deleting at 180 days, with no Archive tier transition.
- D
Manually reclassify blobs to the Cool tier at 30 days, Archive tier at 90 days, and delete them at 180 days without using lifecycle rules.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
Lifecycle management policies in Azure Storage allow you to configure tier changes and deletion schedules based on the age of the data. By configuring a single rule that moves the data from Hot to Cool at 30 days, then from Cool to Archive at 90 days, and finally deletes the blobs at 180 days, you fulfill all the retention and cost optimization objectives automatically.
- A. Incorrect.
This option moves blobs directly to Archive tier at 30 days and deletes them at 90 days, not meeting the requirement for a Cool transition at 30 days or the correct deletion timing.
- B. Correct.
This option correctly sets a single rule with multiple actions: move to Cool at 30 days, move to Archive at 90 days, and delete at 180 days.
- C. Incorrect.
This option ignores the requirement to move blobs to the Archive tier at 90 days, so it does not fulfill the fully defined lifecycle transitions.
- D. Incorrect.
This option relies on manual operations rather than an automated lifecycle management policy, making it inefficient and not aligned with the stated requirements.