Designing an Azure Data Solution (legacy) — Question 38

A company purchases IoT devices to monitor manufacturing machinery. The company uses an IoT appliance to communicate with the IoT devices.
The company must be able to monitor the devices in real-time.
You need to design the solution.
What should you recommend?

Answer options

• A. Azure Data Factory instance using Azure Portal
• B. Azure Analysis Services using Microsoft Visual Studio
• C. Azure Stream Analytics cloud job using Azure Portal
• D. Azure Data Factory instance using Azure Portal

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct choice is C, Azure Stream Analytics cloud job using Azure Portal, as it allows for real-time data processing and analytics from IoT devices. Options A and D both refer to Azure Data Factory, which is designed for data movement and transformation rather than real-time analytics. Option B, Azure Analysis Services, is primarily for data modeling and analytics but does not provide real-time monitoring capabilities.