You have an Azure VM named VM1 running Windows Server 2019 deployed with default drive settings. Signed in as User1 you create files on C:, create files on D:, change the screen saver timeout, and change the desktop background. You plan to redeploy VM1. Which of these changes will be lost after redeploy?
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Correct answer: the new files on drive D.
Why this is the answer
When you redeploy an Azure VM, it moves the VM to a different host within the Azure infrastructure. This process preserves the operating system disk (C: drive) and any data disks (like D:), but it resets the VM's state and configuration that are not persisted to these disks. The C: drive, being the OS disk, retains all its files. The D: drive, which is a temporary storage drive on Azure VMs, is reinitialized during a redeployment, meaning any data stored there will be lost. Screen saver timeouts and desktop backgrounds are settings stored within the operating system on the C: drive and are therefore preserved.
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