A company runs SAP on Azure and receives an Azure Advisor recommendation to resize a production database VM from M64s to M32s because CPU utilization has been below 10% for 30 days. The SAP basis team is concerned about potential performance impact during month-end closing. What should they do?

Resize the VM to M32s but only during off-peak hours.

Ignore the recommendation because production databases should never be resized.

Apply the recommendation immediately to save costs.

Analyze the workload during month-end closing and test the smaller SKU in a non-production environment before applying.

A company runs SAP ERP on Azure with a large database that is growing rapidly. The database contains 10 years of historical data that is rarely accessed but must be retained for compliance. The company wants to improve database performance and reduce storage costs. What should they do?

Delete the historical data to reduce the database size.

Move the entire database to a larger VM to improve performance.

Archive the historical data using SAP Data Archiving to Azure Blob Storage.

Enable Azure Storage lifecycle management to move the database files to Cool tier.

A company runs a production SAP HANA database on a single M-series VM in the East US region. The workload is stable and expected to run for at least three years. The team wants to maximize cost savings. What should you do?

Resize the VM to a smaller size to reduce costs.

Purchase a one-year Reserved Instance for the M-series VM.

Purchase an Azure Savings Plan for the M-series VM.

Purchase a three-year Reserved Instance for the M-series VM.

Microsoft Certified:Azure for SAP Workloads Specialty

Domain 4Objective 1

Optimize Performance and Costs AZ-120 Practice Questions (Page 4)

Part of the Maintain SAP workloads on Azure domain, which accounts for 20–25% of the AZ-120 exam. Microsoft does not publish an official question count, but from its 100-minute exam (~40–65 total, ~8–16 in this domain), expect 4–8 from this objective — we provide 34 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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Questions 16–20

16application · medium
A company runs SAP on Azure and receives an Azure Advisor recommendation to resize a production database VM from M64s to M32s because CPU utilization has been below 10% for 30 days. The SAP basis team is concerned about potential performance impact during month-end closing. What should they do?
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17application · medium
A company runs SAP ERP on Azure with a large database that is growing rapidly. The database contains 10 years of historical data that is rarely accessed but must be retained for compliance. The company wants to improve database performance and reduce storage costs. What should they do?
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18application · medium
A company runs a production SAP HANA database on a single M-series VM in the East US region. The workload is stable and expected to run for at least three years. The team wants to maximize cost savings. What should you do?
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19foundation · easy
Which Azure feature provides a discounted price for a specific SAP VM size in a specific region when you commit to a one- or three-year term?
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20foundation · easy
Which Azure VM property is changed when you resize a virtual machine?
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Questions 16–20

A company runs SAP on Azure and receives an Azure Advisor recommendation to resize a production database VM from M64s to M32s because CPU utilization has been below 10% for 30 days. The SAP basis team is concerned about potential performance impact during month-end closing. What should they do?

A company runs SAP ERP on Azure with a large database that is growing rapidly. The database contains 10 years of historical data that is rarely accessed but must be retained for compliance. The company wants to improve database performance and reduce storage costs. What should they do?

A company runs a production SAP HANA database on a single M-series VM in the East US region. The workload is stable and expected to run for at least three years. The team wants to maximize cost savings. What should you do?

Which Azure feature provides a discounted price for a specific SAP VM size in a specific region when you commit to a one- or three-year term?

Which Azure VM property is changed when you resize a virtual machine?

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