Data Engineering on Microsoft Azure — Question 126

A company purchases IoT devices to monitor manufacturing machinery. The company uses an Azure IoT Hub 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 Analysis Services using Microsoft Visual Studio
• B. Azure Data Factory instance using Azure PowerShell
• C. Azure Analysis Services using Azure PowerShell
• D. Azure Stream Analytics cloud job using Azure Portal

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct choice, Azure Stream Analytics cloud job using Azure Portal, is specifically designed for real-time analytics and can efficiently process data from IoT devices. The other options, like Azure Analysis Services and Azure Data Factory, are more suited for data modeling or ETL processes, which do not provide the real-time processing capability required in this scenario.