Azure Basics (legacy) — Question 5

A company has a Microsoft Copilot Studio agent that uses custom connectors to interact with enterprise APIs.
You need to recommend an application lifecycle management (ALM) process to ensure that the connectors are deployed consistently across development, test, and production environments and meet governance and traceability requirements.
What should you recommend?

Answer options

• A. Deploy the APIs as Azure Functions.
• B. Manage the connectors as solution components and deploy the components by using ALM pipelines.
• C. Maintain connector definitions in environment variables.
• D. Export and import the connectors between the environments as unmanaged solutions.

Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is B because managing connectors as solution components and deploying them via ALM pipelines ensures consistency and compliance with governance and traceability requirements. Option A, while useful for API management, does not address the specific needs for lifecycle management of connectors. Option C lacks the structure needed for consistent deployments, and Option D may lead to inconsistencies and does not provide the governance needed for traceability.