AZ-104 Certification Notes

Chapter 9.13 - Update Management

Update Management

Update Management allows you to manage and install operating system updates and patches for both Windows and Linux virtual machines that are deployed in Azure, on-premises, or in other cloud providers.

When you launch an Azure VM you can go to Operations and turn on Guest + Host Updates. This will install the Microsoft Monitoring Agent (MMA) that will be used to monitor your instances.

Azure Automations is the underlying service that is installed agent.

• Update Management will perform a scan for update compliance
• A compliance scan is by default, performed every 12 hours on a Windows and every 3 hours on a Linux
• It can take between 30 minutes and 6 hours for the dashboard to display updated data from managed computers In Azure Automation, you can enable the Update Management, Change Tracking and Inventory, and Start/Stop VMs during off-hours features for your servers and virtual machines. These features have a dependency on a Log Analytics workspace, and therefore require linking the workspace with an Automation account.

Practice Quiz

• What is true about Update Management? (Choose 3)

  • A compliance scan is by default, performed every 12 hours on a Windows and every 3 hours on a Linux
  • Update Management will perform a scan for update compliance
  • It will scan file directories every 24 hours for updates
  • It can take between 30 minutes and 6 hours for the dashboard to display updated data from managed computers

• What allows you to manage and install operating system updates and patches for both Windows and Linux virtual machines that are deployed in Azure, on-premises, or in other cloud providers?

  • Update Management

• What is the underlying service that is installed as the agent for Update Management?

  • Azure Automations