Exam AZ-400 topic 8 question 33 discussion

1. Create Az Automation 2. Upload/Compile DSC Configuration 3. Register or Onboard VM to be Managed 4. Install VM extention https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/tutorial-configure-servers-desired-state#compile-a-configuration-into-a-node-configuration

create compile onboard install?

Only first three steps are needed. I think Onboarding VM autmatically installs VM extension. Since 4 steps are required, I will add Exntension step as well 1. Create Azure Automation 2. Compile 3. Onboard 4. Install Extansion

Final answer after going through all comments 1. Create Az Automation 2. Compile DSC Configuration 3. Onboard VM to be Managed 4. Install VM extention

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/quickstarts/dsc-configuration 1. Create Azure Automation 2. Onboard 3. Compile 4. Install Correct answer tested in lab as well

Create an Azure Automation account. An Azure Automation account is necessary to manage and apply DSC configurations. Create a .zip file and upload it to the Azure Blob storage. Before you can apply a DSC configuration to your nodes, you need to prepare it. This involves creating a .zip file containing your DSC configurations and any required resources. Compile the Desired State Configuration (DSC) Configuration. After uploading, the DSC configuration needs to be compiled in Azure Automation to make it ready for assignment to target nodes. Onboard the virtual machines to the Azure Automation account. Onboarding ensures the virtual machines are recognized by Azure Automation and can receive DSC configurations.

As per https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/protect-vm-settings-with-dsc/3-use-powershell-dsc 1. Create Azure Automation 2. Compile DSC configuration 3. Register VM 4. Install DSC VM Extension

Compile the configuration before you add the VM's to the Automation account

1. Create Automation account as it is a prerequisite for the next steps 2. Install the custom DSC extension (on Windows or on Linux) ->https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/dsc-overview 3. Compile the config. file into a MOF document to make it eligible for the DSC -> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/tutorial-configure-servers-desired-state#compile-a-configuration-into-a-node-configuration 4. Onboard the VMs to the AZ Automation Account

Create AZ Automation as prerequisite. Onboard VM Upload/install VM extension Compile DSC Configuration You need to onboard VM before you can install the DSC Configuration then compile it. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/tutorial-configure-servers-desired-state Onboard a VM to be managed by Azure Automation DSC Upload a configuration to Azure Automation Compile a configuration into a node configuration

It's similar to previous questions 243: 1.create 2.compile 3.onboard 4.install

The order to me should be 1) Create automation account (this is what we want to "minimize overhead") 2) compile DSC 3) Install DSC 4) Onboard to the account You'd have to compile the configuration first then install it right? Last step is to onboard to the automation account This is what I think makes the most logical sense to me

Create AZ Automation Account Create .ps1 and upload to storage (not in answers but needed) Compile DSC config Install DSC extension Onboard machine to Automation account

1. Create an Azure Automation account. 2. Compile the Desired State Configuration (DSC) configuration. 3. Onboard the virtual machines to the Azure Automation account. 4.Install the custom Desired State Configuration (DSC) extension on the virtual machines

Selected during exam. Create an Azure Automation account. Install the custom Desired State Configuration (DSC) extension on the virtual machines Onboard the virtual machines to the Azure Automation account. Compile the Desired State Configuration (DSC) configuration

In my opinion, the question is wrong. It asks us what four actions to take in sequence to maintain the state of the VMs automatically. But actually of the proposed actions only 3 are selectable: 1. Create an Az Automation Account 2. Compile the DSC config 3. Onboard the VM https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/tutorial-configure-servers-desired-state In theory, before compiling the DSC configuration, you should create it and upload it to the automation account. But this action is not reported. The other two have nothing to do with Azure Automation because they concern the manual installation of the Powershell DSC extension on the VM. If you want to do this you need to create two files: a ps1 file that contains the configuration and a psd1 file that contains the configuration data. The ps1 file must be zipped and both must be uploaded to a storage account. Then you can install the DSC extension on the VM and upload the two files, the zipper and the psd1. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/dsc-overview

Onboard a VM to be managed by Azure Automation DSC Upload a configuration to Azure Automation Compile a configuration into a node configuration Assign a node configuration to a managed node Check the compliance status of a managed node From Azure Docs https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/tutorial-configure-servers-desired-state#compile-a-configuration-into-a-node-configuration