AZ-104 Practice Question 65: Update Manager Scheduled Patching
Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) · Test 7 · question 5 of 10
An administrator manages 200 Windows and Linux machines, some in Azure and some on-premises servers that are connected through Azure Arc. The company needs a view of missing patches across all of them and wants to install updates in scheduled maintenance windows. The company wants to use a current, supported Azure service for this and to avoid the tooling that Microsoft has retired.
What should the administrator use?
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Answer:
Azure Update Manager assesses missing updates and deploys them for Windows and Linux machines in Azure and for Arc-enabled servers. Schedules are defined in a maintenance configuration that is assigned to the machines, which produces the recurring maintenance windows the company wants, and the assessment data gives the cross-fleet view of missing patches.
Option A is the older solution. The Update Management feature of Azure Automation was retired on 31 August 2024, and Update Manager is its replacement, so it fails the requirement to avoid retired tooling.
Option B installs Windows updates on the machine's own schedule. It gives no central view, does not control maintenance windows across the fleet, and does nothing for the Linux machines.
Option D is a data protection service. Backup policies capture recovery points; they do not assess or install operating system updates.
Reference: Move from Automation Update Management to Azure Update Manager