AZ-104 Certification Practice Question #33

Question

Your company's Azure subscription includes Azure virtual machines (VMs) that run Windows Server 2016.
One of the VMs is backed up every day using Azure Backup Instant Restore.
When the VM becomes infected with data encrypting ransomware, you decide to recover the VM's files.
Which of the following is TRUE in this scenario?

Accepted Answer

Under Azure Backup File Recovery (using Instant Restore), you can recover individual files and folders by downloading and running an executable (or Python script) that mounts the backup point as local read-only disks. This script/executable can be executed on the original VM or on any alternate compatible VM in the same subscription. In a ransomware scenario, restoring to the compromised host is highly discouraged; thus, copying files to an alternate, healthy VM in the same subscription is the appropriate and supported method. Since options A and C use the restrictive term "only", option B is the only correct statement.

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