Question

Your company runs a VM in Azure that uses a Basic SKU public IP address for inbound access. You need to place this VM behind a Standard SKU public Azure Load Balancer for zone-redundant, highly available access. During configuration, the Standard Load Balancer rejects the association of the existing public IP. What must you do to resolve this issue?

Accepted Answer

Upgrade the existing Basic SKU public IP to a Standard SKU public IP, ensuring the allocation method is set to Static.

Answer

Change the Basic SKU public IP allocation method from Dynamic to Static while keeping the Basic SKU.

Answer

Add the Basic public IP to a public IP prefix and then associate the prefix with the Standard Load Balancer.

Answer

Create a new resource group and move the VM into it before associating the Basic public IP.