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Difficulty: MediumAzure Virtual Machines and Azure Virtual Desktop

A company is planning to migrate two workloads to Azure:

* Workload 1: A legacy server application that requires full administrative control over the operating system, custom registry settings, and control over updates.
* Workload 2: A remote workstation environment for 50 temporary contractors who need to run standard productivity tools on Windows 11. Multiple contractors must share the compute resources of the same virtual machine simultaneously to reduce hosting expenses.

Which of the following statements are correct regarding how the company should implement these workloads? (Select TWO.)

  1. Deploying the legacy server application on Azure Virtual Machines provides the required administrative control over the guest operating system configuration.Answer
  2. B
    Deploying the legacy server application on Azure Virtual Machines shifts the responsibility for patching and upgrading the guest operating system to Microsoft.
  3. Deploying Azure Virtual Desktop with Windows 11 Enterprise multi-session allows multiple contractors to log in and share the resources of a single virtual machine.Answer
  4. D
    Deploying standard Azure Virtual Machines with standard Windows client licenses natively supports multi-session desktop hosting without deploying Azure Virtual Desktop.

Answer

Deploying the legacy server application on Azure Virtual Machines provides administrative control, and deploying Azure Virtual Desktop with Windows 11 Enterprise multi-session allows multiple contractors to share virtual machine resources.
Deploying the legacy server application on Azure Virtual Machines is correct because it belongs to the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) model, where the customer receives full administrative control over the guest operating system to customize registry settings and manage updates. Deploying Azure Virtual Desktop with Windows 11 Enterprise multi-session is also correct because it specifically allows multiple concurrent users to access a single virtualized client environment, reducing resource overhead and lowering costs.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the administrative requirements for Workload 1.
The application requires OS customization, registry access, and control over updates. Azure Virtual Machines (IaaS) provides full administrative access to the OS.
IaaS resources give the customer control over everything from the OS level upward.
2
Analyze the multi-session requirements for Workload 2.
Multiple users must concurrently share a Windows 11 client environment. Azure Virtual Desktop supports Windows 11 Enterprise multi-session for this purpose.
Standard Azure VMs running standard Windows client OS do not support concurrent multi-session connections natively; this capability is enabled via Azure Virtual Desktop.

Key Concept

Understanding the differences, administrative scopes, and sharing models of Azure Virtual Machines and Azure Virtual Desktop.
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