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Domain 2.1: Core Architectural ComponentsArchitectureAvailability ZonesScenario
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Scenario: Contoso Ltd is planning to migrate its on-premises infrastructure to Azure. They currently experience unpredictable traffic spikes during holiday seasons, causing their on-premises servers to crash. They want to minimize upfront hardware costs and only pay for what they use. Additionally, they need to ensure their web application remains available even if an entire Azure data center fails.<br/><br/>Which cloud benefit directly addresses Contoso's issue with unpredictable traffic spikes?

AZ-900 · Question 09 · Domain 2.1: Core Architectural Components

Scenario: Contoso Ltd is planning to migrate its on-premises infrastructure to Azure. They currently experience unpredictable traffic spikes during holiday seasons, causing their on-premises servers to crash. They want to minimize upfront hardware costs and only pay for what they use. Additionally, they need to ensure their web application remains available even if an entire Azure data center fails.<br/><br/>Which Azure architectural component should Contoso use to ensure availability if an entire data center fails?

Answer options:

A.

Resource Groups

B.

Availability Sets

C.

Availability Zones

D.

Azure Subscriptions

How to approach this question

Identify the component that provides physical separation of data centers within a region.

Full Answer

C.Availability Zones✓ Correct
Availability Zones
Availability Zones are unique physical locations within an Azure region. Each zone is made up of one or more data centers. If one data center goes down, resources in other zones remain available.

Common mistakes

Confusing Availability Sets (same data center) with Availability Zones (different data centers).

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