Q5 AKS Domain 1 · 20–25% of exam

What command stops an AKS cluster to save compute costs while preserving its configuration?

  1. A az aks delete
  2. B az aks scale --node-count 0
  3. C az aks stop (correct answer)
  4. D kubectl cluster-info --purge

Shortcut: az aks stop deallocates cluster VMs and pauses the control plane billing. The cluster configuration is preserved and can be resumed with az aks start.