Question 410
After the team applies this response: Use protected Azure Pipelines environments with checks and approvals controlled by environment owners. In the situation—An Azure Pipelines multi-stage release deploys to production immediately after build without an accountable release decision. Which evidence BEST demonstrates the response is effective?
Explanation
Correct Answer
The governing engineering principle is: Production authorization should reside in a protected resource gate outside ordinary build script control.
Incorrect Answers
IaC refactoring should preserve intended resource state unless a separately approved infrastructure change is requested. The appropriate comparison is: Attempt a release without approval and confirm the environment gate prevents deployment until an authorized approval.
Test reporting should expose actionable results tied to each run, not just hidden raw files. The relevant evidence instead is: Attempt a release without approval and confirm the environment gate prevents deployment until an authorized approval.
Feature management decouples feature exposure from artifact deployment when configuration is governed. The acceptance criterion here is: Attempt a release without approval and confirm the environment gate prevents deployment until an authorized approval.






Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions (AZ-400) Practice Tests