Exam AZ-104 topic 4 question 99 discussion

Therefore, the most direct and crucial dependency for VM1 among the listed resources is NIC1 (Option B). The NIC acts as the bridge between the VM and the other network resources like the virtual network, public IP, and network security group. Hence, it's essential to ensure that NIC1 is deployed before VM1. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/templates/microsoft.compute/virtualmachines?pivots=deployment-language-arm-template https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/templates/resource-dependency https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/templates/template-tutorial-create-templates-with-dependent-resources?tabs=CLI

Answer is B

I have checked the API with terraform and the VM depends on the NIC (I thought its VNET but its truly NIC, tested it)

B is correct

{..., { "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines", "apiVersion": "2022-11-01", "name": "[format('{0}{1}', variables('vmPrefix'), copyIndex())]", "location": "[parameters('location')]", "dependsOn": [ "[resourceId('Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces',format('{0}-{1}', variables('nicPrefix'),copyIndex()))]" ], ...} https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/templates/resource-dependency

should be VNET once you choose you cant go back or have to re-create the vm i mean you cant switch VNETs only subnets/ip addresses etc.

B NIC1

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/templates/media/template-tutorial-create-templates-with-dependent-resources/resource-manager-template-dependent-resources-diagram.png