Exam AZ-140 topic 1 question 15 discussion

My vote: "The Failover Clustering feature" + "An Azure storage account" (for witness) Source #1: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/storage-spaces/deploy-storage-spaces-direct#step-34-configure-a-cluster-witness "A two-server deployment requires a cluster witness, otherwise either server going offline causes the other to become unavailable as well." Source #2 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/failover-clustering/deploy-cloud-witness "Uses standard available Azure Blob Storage (no extra maintenance overhead of virtual machines hosted in public cloud)." "Same Azure Storage Account can be used for multiple clusters (one blob file per cluster; cluster unique ID used as blob file name)." We already have the "two domain joined azure virtual machines" Azure NetApp Files share (I assume) have more administrative effort than an azure storage account Shared disk is not supported by storage spaces direct + 2 VM already contain managed disks

Storage Spaces Direct doesn't use shared disks. What you require is something to use as quorum witness for the cluster; a storage account is the right answer here.

We just need to create an Azure storage account as the witness of the cluster.

this link states you need two storage accounts https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/remote/remote-desktop-services/rds-storage-spaces-direct-deployment We recommend deploying your SOFS with DS-series VMs and premium storage data disks, where there are the same number and size of data disks on each VM. You will need a minimum of two storage accounts. I stick with the two shared disks that are essential in a cluster configuration

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Correct answer: The Failover Clustering feature" + "An Azure storage account". Storage account setup is first step as it is used in FC setup (not only for witness configuration). More details here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/remote/remote-desktop-services/rds-storage-spaces-direct-deployment

Answer is Failover Clustering Feature and an additional Azure Virtual Machine. We have two servers available and we can configure two-way mirroring to ensure that the user profiles are available if a single server fails. If we add an additional server, we can configure three-way mirroring or single parity fault tolerance mode. An Azure NetApp Files share or an Azure storage account is not needed for Storage Spaces Direct. Shared disks can provide storage for a guest failover cluster, but not for Storage Spaces Direct.

Requirement states "Ensure that the user profiles are available if a single server fails" therefore you need a 2nd server.

Provided answer is not correct. Failover cluster and storage account for the quorum. The whole point of storage spaces is that disks do not need to be shared. See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/remote/remote-desktop-services/rds-storage-spaces-direct-deployment for reference.

you already have the azure domain joined servers, so the only appropriate answer for the second point is 2 shared disks.

Provided Answer is seems correct.