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Question #: 12
Topic #: 3

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You are designing an Azure solution for a company that has four departments. Each department will deploy several Azure app services and Azure SQL databases.
You need to recommend a solution to report the costs for each department to deploy the app services and the databases. The solution must provide a consolidated view for cost reporting.
Solution: Create a new subscription for each department.
Does this meet the goal?

A. Yes
B. No

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Suggested Answer: B 🗳️
Instead, create a resources group for each resource type. Assign tags to each resource
Note: Tags enable you to retrieve related resources from different resource groups. This approach is helpful when you need to organize resources for billing or management.
References:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/resource-group-using-tags

by Jake__ at Nov. 9, 2019, 5 p.m.

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JohnAvlakiotis

Highly Voted 5 years, 5 months ago

I agree that both are correct. It would be more easy to pin down the correct one if somewhere between the lines was something like "with minimum maintenance overhead". If something so unclear comes up in the exam I will surely make a note and send feedback for it.

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us3r

Most Recent 3 years, 5 months ago

Selected Answer: B

No Correct answers Place all resources in the same resource group. Assign tags to each resource. [YES] Create a separate resource group for each department. Place the resources for each department in its respective resource group. [YES]

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mindtrax

4 years, 5 months ago

In this example one consolidated view is possible with multiple subscriptions: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/view-all-accounts

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azurecert2021

4 years, 5 months ago

yes given answer is correct.

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glam

4 years, 6 months ago

B. No.

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sanketshah

4 years, 7 months ago

Correct Answer is A this is also possible. You can create a different subscription for each department. From Cost Analysis , you can see the costs based each subscription .

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BhargaV

4 years, 6 months ago

Consolidated view possible? I mean Company Total cost -100 Department 1 - 50 Department 2 - 30 Department 3 - 20

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Edgecrusher77

4 years, 8 months ago

That should work, but a bit overkill IMO

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colinquek

4 years, 10 months ago

Decided to go with B after much reading ard and internal debates. Seems like they are looking for only 1 specific answer. And choosing MCA/MPA requires a few more steps... something not very clearly stated here. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/understand/download-azure-invoice

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X_L

4 years, 11 months ago

The solution would also provide a consolidated view if the created Subscriptions are included in a Management Group; however, as that is not included in the statement, I guess the solution would not comply with that aspect.

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BeCalmAndSmile

5 years, 1 month ago

Should be A under MCA & MPA https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/understand/download-azure-invoice

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Rajuuu

5 years, 3 months ago

B. The solution does not provide a Consolidated view using subscription.

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Rajuuu

5 years, 3 months ago

New Subscription will not provide a consolidated view.

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Daren

5 years, 3 months ago

I'd choose A in the exam and make sure i'll send feedback for this question.

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Jake__

5 years, 8 months ago

-This solution would work just fine. I know multiple companies that use subscriptions to sort departments in companies for easy management of budgeting for departments. This fits all specifications of the answer, not sure why its no.

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AzureGC

5 years, 8 months ago

Part of the solution is a "consolidated view", using a unique subscription would not consolidate the resource views.

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Ekramy_Elnaggar

5 years, 6 months ago

From Cost Analysis > you can filter by "Resource Type" and as the whole subscription is dedicated for a certain department then you can achieve the consolidated view for sure by following this solution as well.

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SilentH

5 years, 4 months ago

The requirement is a "consolidated view" which, I read to mean, an ability to see all of the expenses broken out by department in one report. Doing this by a Subscription will only allow you to see that Subscription's costs so you'd have to create 4 different reports. Therefore, I think the answer is "B".

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tartar

4 years, 10 months ago

B is ok

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us3r

3 years, 5 months ago

ok is B

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