1 57. B. Azure Reservations enables you to reserve Azure resources with a monetary commitment and receive potentially very significant discounts as a result. See Chapter 6 for more information.

      1 58. C. Adding an Azure subscription does not by itself result in additional costs, because a subscription is just a logical container for Azure resources, which could be existing resources that you move to the new subscription. See Chapter 6 for more information.

      1 59. A. Azure Hybrid Benefit enables you to potentially use your Windows Server and SQL Server licenses in Azure to save costs. See Chapter 6 for more information.

      1 60. B. Azure Cost Management enables you to define budgets for your Azure subscriptions and track expenditures. See Chapter 6 for more information.

      1 61. A. Composite SLAs are the product of the individual SLAs in the solution, and in this case, would be 0.995 × 0.995. See Chapter 6 for more information.

      1 62. A, D. Services in public preview are available to all Azure subscribers and are not subject to service level agreements (SLAs). See Chapter 6 for more information.

      1 63. B. Microsoft provides 12 months’ notice before retiring an Azure service. See Chapter 6 for more information.

      1 64. B. Azure CLI is an implementation of the Bash shell, making it an excellent management tool for experienced Linux administrators. See Chapter 7 for more information.

      1 65. A. The Azure Cloud Shell enables you to run either PowerShell or the Azure CLI from the Azure portal. See Chapter 7 for more information.

      1 66. B. You cannot run the Azure CLI directly in the Azure portal, but instead must open the Azure Cloud Shell from the portal and then choose Azure CLI. See Chapter 7 for more information.

      1 67. A. Although you could use any of these options to deploy a VM, the Azure portal is the easiest option for deploying a single resource. See Chapter 7 for more information.