SC-100 Certification Practice Question #253

Question

You have an on-premises datacenter. The datacenter contains a server named Server1 that runs Windows Server 2022 and a firewall that prevents Server1 from connecting to the internet.

You have an Azure subscription named Sub1.

You need to recommend a resiliency strategy for Server1 that incorporates a backup plan to transfer the data from Server1 to Sub1.

What should you include in the recommendation? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.

NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

Accepted Answer

The scenario is a *datacenter* resiliency + backup plan that transfers Server1's data into Sub1. Azure Backup's on-premises product for protecting a full datacenter (servers, volumes, shares, files) is Microsoft Azure Backup Server (MABS); MS Learn states MABS protects on-premises machines and that backups land in a Recovery Services vault in Azure. The 4-👍 Hameet comment matches this pairing exactly. The MARS-agent dissent (safdarzaman) is a defensible alternative for pure file/folder data, but MARS is installed on the protected server itself and the question frames a datacenter-wide recommendation, so MABS is the better fit for the on-premises dropdown. The Sub1 target is unambiguous: Azure Backup writes to a Recovery Services vault (not an "Azure Backup vault," which is a separate vault type, nor raw block blobs). Confidence is held at 83 because the official Suggested Answer wasn't captured and a reasonable MARS-vs-MABS community split exists for the first dropdown, though the Sub1 selection is certain.

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