Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate AZ-104 Practice Question

To move a virtual machine to a different resource group, you must first stop (deallocate) the VM. This is because certain operations, including moving resources, cannot be performed on a running VM. Option B is correct because it involves stopping VM1 and then using the Azure Portal to change its resource group to RG2. Option A is incorrect because moving a running VM is not supported and will result in an error. Option C is unnecessarily complex and involves manual steps that are not needed when you can move the VM directly after stopping it. Option D involves creating a new VM from a snapshot, which does not actually move the existing VM and could lead to data inconsistency or loss of settings.