Reply To: AZ-104 Timed Mode 1 Question 20

[Nikee-TutorialsDojo]

Hi Hanky,

Thank you for raising this concern and for your attention to detail.

In the provided scenario:

• VM1 (A4_v2) is running and uses 4 vCPUs

• VM2 (D8s_v3) is stopped (deallocated) but still counts against the quota, using 8 vCPUs

Together, 12 vCPUs are considered “in use” for quota calculation, even though VM2 is deallocated. That leaves 3 vCPUs available out of the 15 allowed in the North Central US region.

Now, evaluating the planned deployments in order:

• VM4 (A2m_v2) = 2 vCPUs → ✅ Can be created
  (New total: 12 + 2 = 14/15)

• VM5 (D2s_v3) = 2 vCPUs → ❌ Cannot be created
  (Only 1 vCPU quota left)

• VM6 (A8_v2) = 8 vCPUs → ❌ Cannot be created
  (Exceeds available vCPU quota)

So, the corrected and quota-compliant answer is:
✅ Yes for VM4
❌ No for VM5
❌ No for VM6

Again, I appreciate your effort in checking the details, and your feedback helped surface the importance of clarifying how Azure treats deallocated VMs for quota accounting.

Let me know if you have any further questions.

Best regards,
Nikee @ Tutorials Dojo