Exam SC-500 Topic 1 Question 75 Discussion
Actual exam question for Microsoft's SC-500 exam
Question #: 75
Topic #: 1
Question #: 75
Topic #: 1
Case Study 2 - Fabrikam, Inc.
Overview
Fabrikam, Inc. is a consulting company. The company has a main office in New York City and branch offices in Amsterdam and Singapore.
Existing Environment. Network environment
The on-premises network contains a datacenter in each office.
Existing Environment. Cloud environment
Fabrikam has two Azure subscriptions named Sub1 and Sub2 and a Microsoft 365 subscription that includes Microsoft 365 E5 licenses.
All the subscriptions are linked to a Microsoft Entra tenant named fabrikam.com that contains the identities shown in the following table.

The tenant contains the groups shown in the following table.

All devices are enrolled in Microsoft Intune.
Existing Environment. Sub1 Resources
Sub1 contains a resource group named RG1 that contains the resources shown in the following table.

SQLServer1 uses Microsoft SQL Server authentication.
Sub1 has an Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) named WAF1 that has the following types of rule sets:
- Bot Manager 1.1
- Azure-managed Default Rule Set (DRS)
Sub1 has the following compliance standards assigned in Microsoft Defender for Cloud:
- NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 4
- Microsoft cloud security benchmark (MCSB)
- System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2 Type 2
Existing Environment. Sub2 Resources
Sub2 contains a resource group named RG2.
Planned Changes and Requirements. Planned Changes
Fabrikam plans to implement the following changes:
- Deploy the following key vaults to RG1:
AKV2 in the West Europe Azure region

AKV3 in the Central US Azure region

AKV4 in the East US Azure region

- Deploy the following key vaults to RG2:
AKV5 in the East US region

- Configure VM1 to read data from storage1.
- Create function apps that have the following hosting plans:
Fa1: Flex Consumption hosting plan

Fa2: Consumption hosting plan

Fa3: Dedicated hosting plan

- For WAF1, implement rate limiting rules based on the request
location.
- Enable the NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 compliance standard in Defender for
Cloud.
- Create a new storage account named storage2 that supports Azure Table storage.
- Enforce multifactor authentication (MFA) when database administrators access SQLdb1.
- Implement ExpressRoute circuits to the on-premises network as shown
in the following table.

- For RG1, create a new Privileged Identity Management (PIM) eligible role assignment that assigns the Contributor role to supported groups.
Planned Changes and Requirements. Technical Requirements
Fabrikam has the following technical requirements:
- If VM1 is deleted, the permissions for VM1 must be removed
automatically.
- The AKS1 managed identity must only be able to pull images from
Registry1.
- The ID1 managed identity must be able to push images to and pull
images from Registry1.
- All the data in the storage accounts must be encrypted by using
Fabrikam-managed keys.
- All outbound traffic from the function apps to the on-premises
network must use ExpressRoute circuits.
- ExpressRoute connectivity between the on-premises network and the
Azure environment must be encrypted by using Layer 2 or Layer 3
encryption.
You need to implement the planned change for VM1 to access storage. The solution must meet the technical requirements. What should you do first?
Overview
Fabrikam, Inc. is a consulting company. The company has a main office in New York City and branch offices in Amsterdam and Singapore.
Existing Environment. Network environment
The on-premises network contains a datacenter in each office.
Existing Environment. Cloud environment
Fabrikam has two Azure subscriptions named Sub1 and Sub2 and a Microsoft 365 subscription that includes Microsoft 365 E5 licenses.
All the subscriptions are linked to a Microsoft Entra tenant named fabrikam.com that contains the identities shown in the following table.

The tenant contains the groups shown in the following table.

All devices are enrolled in Microsoft Intune.
Existing Environment. Sub1 Resources
Sub1 contains a resource group named RG1 that contains the resources shown in the following table.

SQLServer1 uses Microsoft SQL Server authentication.
Sub1 has an Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) named WAF1 that has the following types of rule sets:
- Bot Manager 1.1
- Azure-managed Default Rule Set (DRS)
Sub1 has the following compliance standards assigned in Microsoft Defender for Cloud:
- NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 4
- Microsoft cloud security benchmark (MCSB)
- System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2 Type 2
Existing Environment. Sub2 Resources
Sub2 contains a resource group named RG2.
Planned Changes and Requirements. Planned Changes
Fabrikam plans to implement the following changes:
- Deploy the following key vaults to RG1:
AKV2 in the West Europe Azure region

AKV3 in the Central US Azure region

AKV4 in the East US Azure region

- Deploy the following key vaults to RG2:
AKV5 in the East US region

- Configure VM1 to read data from storage1.
- Create function apps that have the following hosting plans:
Fa1: Flex Consumption hosting plan

Fa2: Consumption hosting plan

Fa3: Dedicated hosting plan

- For WAF1, implement rate limiting rules based on the request
location.
- Enable the NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 compliance standard in Defender for
Cloud.
- Create a new storage account named storage2 that supports Azure Table storage.
- Enforce multifactor authentication (MFA) when database administrators access SQLdb1.
- Implement ExpressRoute circuits to the on-premises network as shown
in the following table.

- For RG1, create a new Privileged Identity Management (PIM) eligible role assignment that assigns the Contributor role to supported groups.
Planned Changes and Requirements. Technical Requirements
Fabrikam has the following technical requirements:
- If VM1 is deleted, the permissions for VM1 must be removed
automatically.
- The AKS1 managed identity must only be able to pull images from
Registry1.
- The ID1 managed identity must be able to push images to and pull
images from Registry1.
- All the data in the storage accounts must be encrypted by using
Fabrikam-managed keys.
- All outbound traffic from the function apps to the on-premises
network must use ExpressRoute circuits.
- ExpressRoute connectivity between the on-premises network and the
Azure environment must be encrypted by using Layer 2 or Layer 3
encryption.
You need to implement the planned change for VM1 to access storage. The solution must meet the technical requirements. What should you do first?
Suggested Answer: E Vote an answer
You should use a system-assigned managed identity.
System-assigned identities are tightly coupled to the lifecycle of the Azure resource they are attached to. When you delete the virtual machine, the system-assigned identity is automatically deleted from Microsoft Entra ID, ensuring that all associated permissions are automatically revoked. In contrast, user-assigned managed identities are independent standalone resources and must be manually deleted.
Scenario:
Fabrikam plans to implement the following changes:
Configure VM1 to read data from storage1.
Fabrikam has the following technical requirements:
If VM1 is deleted, the permissions for VM1 must be removed automatically.
ID1 is a user-assigned managed identity.
Reference:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/managed-identity
System-assigned identities are tightly coupled to the lifecycle of the Azure resource they are attached to. When you delete the virtual machine, the system-assigned identity is automatically deleted from Microsoft Entra ID, ensuring that all associated permissions are automatically revoked. In contrast, user-assigned managed identities are independent standalone resources and must be manually deleted.
Scenario:
Fabrikam plans to implement the following changes:
Configure VM1 to read data from storage1.
Fabrikam has the following technical requirements:
If VM1 is deleted, the permissions for VM1 must be removed automatically.
ID1 is a user-assigned managed identity.
Reference:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/managed-identity
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