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Encryption at host covers eligible host-side data paths beyond ordinary persistent managed disk encryption. Support depends on region, VM and disk options. This matters here because a data processor must keep files after host maintenance and cannot risk loss on the temporary VM disk.

A larger partition on temporary storage remains temporary; maintenance and deallocation can erase that data. Use a persistent managed data disk or appropriate durable service for files that must survive host changes.

Infrastructure placement increases availability but cannot automatically make a single-host stateful app stateless. Health routing and data continuity are separate needs.

Extension execution status does not necessarily prove that a custom installed service started correctly. Observe the actual workload outcome.

Encryption at host covers eligible host-side data paths beyond ordinary persistent managed disk encryption. Support depends on region, VM and disk options. This matters here because an engineer loses cache data after a VM is moved to another host. Which disk characteristic explains it.

Managed disk server-side encryption and encryption at the host operate at different layers. Configuring one does not imply the other.

Compute Gallery stores and distributes reusable image versions for consistent provisioning across locations. It is more structured than cloning one VM manually.

Post-deployment automation is repeatable and can report success or failure. RDPing into each instance is operationally fragile.

Availability sets distribute instances across fault and update domains inside a local datacenter failure boundary. They do not create cross-region replicas.

Managed disk server-side encryption and encryption at the host operate at different layers. Configuring one does not imply the other. This matters here because a deallocated VM continues incurring storage costs. Why is this expected.

Managed disk snapshots capture persistent disk contents for restore, forensic comparison or new disk creation. They are distinct from guest application-aware backup.

A zone change addresses placement and possible resilience, not retention charges. Managed disks remain billable after the VM releases compute capacity unless separately removed under approved retention controls.

A VNet-hosted Bastion host brokers approved sessions to private VM addresses. A public IP on each guest is not necessary.

Administrative grouping does not change guest login configuration. Provision a supported SSH public key and preserve its private counterpart securely instead of reusing a password.

The VM host's aggregate caps can limit total performance independently of an individual disk's maximum specifications.

A VNet-hosted Bastion host brokers approved sessions to private VM addresses. A public IP on each guest is not necessary. This matters here because linux SSH key authentication works but password login remains enabled and exposed to the Internet. What hardening….

The SSH threat is exposure of password-based login, not insufficient regional capacity. Disable password authentication when key-based access is validated and restrict inbound SSH to approved management paths.

Bastion supports browser-based private management; narrowly scoped NSG ingress reduces exposed attack paths.

Azure Update Manager orchestrates patch assessment and installation; it does not run the application-specific installation script requested for the Windows fleet. A VM extension is appropriate for the stated post-provision work.

Adding or removing NICs requires supported VM state and SKU capacity. Azure cannot attach an arbitrary number of NICs during running operation.

VM custom data makes bootstrap content available, but whether scripts execute depends on the guest image and cloud-init or other handlers.

A pull-specific role minimizes registry privilege. Push authorization would permit unnecessary artifact modification.

Authentication proves the identity, not its permission to read image manifests and layers. Registry authorization is a separate gate.

Container environment variables can be initialized at replica startup. Updating a secret does not always refresh an already running process.

A tag can move to another manifest while a digest identifies one immutable artifact. Update the deployment reference to roll out new bytes.

Digests identify exact content independent of mutable tags. This reduces accidental deployment of an unreviewed artifact.

Nonzero minimum replicas reduce cold starts but consume resources during idle periods. A zero minimum optimizes idle cost.

Viewing a registry resource is not the same as downloading its images. Grant the runtime appropriate repository-reader or AcrPull data access, not registry administration.

Container environment variables can be initialized at replica startup. Updating a secret does not always refresh an already running process. This matters here because a deployment identity only needs to pull images from a private registry, not publish them. Which registry permission….

Push permissions allow publishing image content while avoiding registry admin credentials. Use repository scope where supported.

Local Docker execution does not test Azure subscription quota. Deployment requires Azure-side capacity authorization.

A new registry does not authorize the existing image pull. Confirm the runtime identity, registry scope, image reference and pull-capable role assignment.

Read-only registry credentials cannot publish new manifests. Scope and role assignment must allow writes.