Microsoft AZ-120 SAP on Azure Practice Test

AZ-120 is Microsoft Certified: Azure for SAP Workloads Specialty. It focuses on planning, migrating, operating, securing, and optimizing SAP landscapes on Microsoft Azure.

IT Mastery coverage for AZ-120 is under review. Use this page to try 12 original sample questions, review the exam snapshot, route fit, and closest live Azure practice paths.

Who AZ-120 is for

• architects and engineers responsible for SAP workloads on Azure
• candidates working with SAP HANA, SAP NetWeaver, infrastructure sizing, HA/DR, backup, monitoring, and migration
• learners comparing broad Azure architecture with SAP-specific Azure infrastructure requirements

AZ-120 exam snapshot

• Issuer: Microsoft
• Platform: Microsoft Azure
• Official certification name: Microsoft Certified: Azure for SAP Workloads Specialty
• Exam code: AZ-120
• Passing score: 700 scaled
• Assessment style: scenario-based SAP-on-Azure architecture, migration, operations, and resilience decisions

Topic coverage for AZ-120

Practice options

• Current status: Sample questions
• IT Mastery coverage for this assessment: under review
• Best use right now: try the 12 sample questions, confirm the SAP-on-Azure specialty path, then practise architecture and administrator basics while coverage expands
• Update form: use the Notify me form near the top of this page if AZ-120 is your actual target exam
• Quick review: open the AZ-120 cheat sheet if you need a compact SAP-on-Azure planning checklist before the sample questions.

Sample Exam Questions

Try these 12 original sample questions for Microsoft AZ-120. They are designed for self-assessment and are not official exam questions.

Question 1

Topic: SAP workload planning

A company plans to migrate a business-critical SAP landscape to Azure. What should be assessed first?

• A. SAP workload sizing, dependencies, availability targets, region strategy, and migration constraints.
• B. The color of the Azure portal theme.
• C. Whether every VM can use the smallest size.
• D. The number of bookmarks in the browser.

Best answer: A

Explanation: SAP-on-Azure planning starts with workload requirements and dependencies. Sizing, availability, and region decisions affect the whole design.

What this tests: Planning foundations for SAP workloads on Azure.

Question 2

Topic: HANA infrastructure

A SAP HANA database requires high memory and certified infrastructure. Which design principle matters most?

• A. Use any VM size because SAP HANA scales automatically without validation.
• B. Select SAP-certified Azure VM and storage configurations that meet sizing and performance requirements.
• C. Store database files in a general-purpose file share without performance review.
• D. Disable monitoring until go-live.

Best answer: B

Explanation: SAP HANA workloads require supported infrastructure choices. Certified VM families, storage layout, and throughput matter.

What this tests: Matching SAP HANA requirements to supported Azure infrastructure.

Question 3

Topic: high availability

A production SAP application tier must tolerate a single VM failure. What should the architect design?

• A. One VM with no backup.
• B. A manual restart runbook only.
• C. Redundant application servers across availability zones or sets with appropriate load balancing.
• D. A public anonymous endpoint for every server.

Best answer: C

Explanation: SAP availability requires redundancy at the appropriate tier. A single VM is not enough for production resilience.

What this tests: Designing SAP application-tier availability.

Question 4

Topic: disaster recovery

The business requires recovery in another Azure region after a regional outage. What should be defined?

• A. Only a VM naming standard.
• B. Only a bigger disk size.
• C. A policy to ignore recovery testing.
• D. Replication, failover procedure, recovery objectives, and tested runbooks.

Best answer: D

Explanation: Disaster recovery is not just replication. Recovery time, recovery point, failover steps, and testing must be aligned with business needs.

What this tests: SAP DR planning on Azure.

Question 5

Topic: storage performance

SAP HANA log volumes show latency during peak posting. What should be reviewed?

• A. Disk type, striping, caching guidance, throughput, and SAP storage recommendations.
• B. The desktop wallpaper on the admin workstation.
• C. Whether all alerts should be deleted.
• D. The spelling of the resource group name only.

Best answer: A

Explanation: HANA database performance depends heavily on storage design. Latency and throughput should be reviewed against SAP and Azure guidance.

What this tests: Storage design for SAP workloads.

Question 6

Topic: networking

A SAP application server must communicate privately with the database tier and on-premises systems. What should be included?

• A. Public IPs on every database interface.
• B. Virtual network design, subnet separation, routing, DNS, and hybrid connectivity.
• C. A local-only hosts file on one laptop.
• D. Disabling network security controls.

Best answer: B

Explanation: SAP landscapes require carefully planned network connectivity, name resolution, routing, and segmentation.

What this tests: Networking design for SAP on Azure.

Question 7

Topic: backup strategy

A SAP database must be recoverable after accidental data loss. What should be validated?

• A. Whether the backup dashboard looks clean.
• B. Whether snapshots are never tested.
• C. Backup method, retention, restore test, and SAP-consistent recovery process.
• D. Whether all operators share one password.

Best answer: C

Explanation: Recoverability depends on configured backups and tested restores. SAP workloads often require application-aware backup planning.

What this tests: Backup and restore readiness for SAP.

Question 8

Topic: identity and access

A basis team needs operational access, but auditors require segregation of duties. What should the Azure design use?

• A. One shared owner account.
• B. Public anonymous access.
• C. No activity logs.
• D. Role-based access, privileged access controls, and auditable assignments.

Best answer: D

Explanation: SAP on Azure still requires cloud governance. Access should be least-privilege and auditable.

What this tests: Governance and access control for SAP operations.

Question 9

Topic: monitoring

After migration, users report slow SAP transactions. What should the operations team correlate?

• A. SAP workload metrics, VM metrics, storage latency, network signals, and database performance.
• B. Only a single CPU screenshot.
• C. The number of meetings held that week.
• D. The browser cache size.

Best answer: A

Explanation: SAP performance issues can span application, database, storage, network, and compute layers. Correlated monitoring narrows the cause.

What this tests: Operational troubleshooting across SAP and Azure layers.

Question 10

Topic: migration cutover

A migration plan has a strict downtime window. What should be rehearsed before cutover?

• A. Only the final celebration email.
• B. The exact migration sequence, validation checks, rollback plan, and communication steps.
• C. Random manual steps without owners.
• D. A plan to skip post-migration validation.

Best answer: B

Explanation: SAP migrations need disciplined rehearsal. Cutover confidence comes from validated sequence, timing, ownership, and rollback readiness.

What this tests: Migration planning and execution.

Question 11

Topic: cost and sizing

A nonproduction SAP system runs continuously even though it is used only during business hours. What should be evaluated?

• A. Whether to remove all monitoring.
• B. Whether production can use unsupported sizes.
• C. Scheduling, right-sizing, reserved capacity, and workload-specific cost controls.
• D. Whether tags should be deleted.

Best answer: C

Explanation: SAP cost optimization must respect supportability and performance. Nonproduction scheduling and right-sizing can reduce cost without harming production.

What this tests: Cost-aware SAP operations on Azure.

Question 12

Topic: route fit

A candidate mainly designs identity, networking, and storage for general Azure workloads, not SAP landscapes. Which route should they compare with AZ-120?

• A. GH-900 GitHub Foundations only.
• B. DP-900 Azure Data Fundamentals only.
• C. MS-700 Teams administration only.
• D. AZ-305 Azure infrastructure solutions architecture.

Best answer: D

Explanation: AZ-120 is SAP-specific. Candidates focused on general Azure architecture should compare AZ-305.

What this tests: Choosing the right Azure specialty or architecture route.

AZ-120 SAP on Azure map

Use this map to connect the sample questions to the decision pattern Microsoft usually tests for this route.

    flowchart LR
	  S1["SAP workload requirements"] --> S2
	  S2["Design compute and storage"] --> S3
	  S3["Plan network and identity"] --> S4
	  S4["Build HA and DR pattern"] --> S5
	  S5["Operate backup and monitoring"] --> S6
	  S6["Validate support boundaries"]

Quick Cheat Sheet

Mini Glossary

• Application tier: SAP layer that runs business logic and connects users to database services.
• Availability zone: Physically separate Azure datacenter zone used for resilient architecture.
• Disaster recovery: Plan for restoring service after regional or major infrastructure failure.
• HANA: SAP in-memory database platform commonly considered in SAP on Azure designs.
• SLA: Service-level agreement or target that influences availability and support decisions.

Microsoft AZ-120 practice update

Use this page to review AZ-120 sample questions and use the Notify me form for updates. The related pages below help you compare adjacent IT Mastery Azure practice options before choosing what to study next.

Use these pages now

• AZ-305 for Azure architecture route fit
• AZ-104 for live Azure administration practice
• AZ-700 for networking route fit
• AZ-900 for Azure fundamentals

Official sources

• Microsoft Certified: Azure for SAP Workloads Specialty

In this section

• Microsoft AZ-120 Cheat Sheet: SAP on Azure
  Review the Microsoft Azure for SAP Workloads Specialty (AZ-120) scope, SAP migration, certified infrastructure, high availability, disaster recovery, monitoring, security, and operations traps before practicing.