What should you do next?

Testlet 2

Case Study

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Overview

Contoso, Ltd. is a manufacturing company that has a main office in Chicago.

Existing Environment

Contoso plans to improve its IT development and operations processes by implementing Azure DevOps principles. Contoso has an Azure subscription and creates an Azure DevOps organization.

The Azure DevOps organization includes:

– The Docker extension

– A deployment pool named Pool7 that contains 10 Azure virtual machines that run Windows Server 2016

The Azure subscription contains an Azure Automation account.

Requirements

Planned changes

Contoso plans to create projects in Azure DevOps as shown in the following table.

Technical requirements

Contoso identifies the following technical requirements:

– Implement build agents for Project1.

– Whenever possible, use Azure resources.

– Avoid using deprecated technologies.

– Implement a code flow strategy for Project2 that will:

– Enable Team2 to submit pull requests for Project2.

– Enable Team2 to work independently on changes to a copy of Project2.

– Ensure that any intermediary changes performed by Team2 on a copy of Project2 will be subject to the same restrictions as the ones defined in the build policy of Project2.

– Whenever possible implement automation and minimize administrative effort.

– Implement Project3, Project5, Project6, and Project7 based on the planned changes

– Implement Project4 and configure the project to push Docker images to Azure Container Registry.

You add the virtual machines as managed nodes in Azure Automation State Configuration.

You need to configure the managed computers in Pool7.

What should you do next?
A . Modify the RefreshMode property of the Local Configuration Manager (LCM).
B . Run the Register-AzureRmAutomationDscNode Azure Powershell cmdlet.
C . Modify the ConfigurationMode property of the Local Configuration Manager (LCM).
D . Install PowerShell Core.

View Answer

Answer: B

Explanation:

The Register-AzureRmAutomationDscNode cmdlet registers an Azure virtual machine as an APS Desired State Configuration (DSC) node in an Azure Automation account.

Scenario: The Azure DevOps organization includes:

The Docker extension

A deployment pool named Pool7 that contains 10 Azure virtual machines that run Windows Server 2016

References: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/azurerm.automation/register­azurermautomationdscnode