Practice question 168 of 506 · medium
A newly deployed VM in a private subnet created with an API released after March 31, 2026 can reach other private resources but cannot reach Windows Update. No explicit egress exists. What is the likely missing configuration?
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- An explicit outbound connectivity method such as NAT Gateway
The new private-subnet default requires explicit outbound connectivity to public endpoints. Private DNS can resolve names but cannot create egress. Another NIC without a routing/translation plan adds no Internet path. Inbound RDP permission is unrelated to the required outbound update flow.
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