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How could an administrator use service tags when configuring network security?

Proposed answer
  • They use them to define network access controls on NSGs or on Azure Firewall.
  • They use them to enable the ability to configure network security as a natural extension of an application's structure, allowing them to group VMs and define network security policies based on those groups.
  • They use them to filter egress virtual network traffic to Azure Storage accounts over a service endpoint, and allow data exfiltration to only specific Azure Storage accounts.
Correct answer

They use them to define network access controls on NSGs or on Azure Firewall.

They use service tags in place of specific IP addresses when you create security rules. By specifying the service tag name (for example, AzureBackup) in the appropriate source or destination field of a rule, They deny or allow the traffic for that service.