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AZ-900 · Question 46 · Domain 3.1: Cost Management in Azure
True or False: Azure Spot Virtual Machines provide a significant discount but can be evicted (shut down) by Azure at any time if Microsoft needs the capacity back.
True or False: Azure Spot Virtual Machines provide a significant discount but can be evicted (shut down) by Azure at any time if Microsoft needs the capacity back.
Answer options:
A.
True
B.
False
How to approach this question
Evaluate the trade-off of using Spot VMs.
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True
Azure Spot Virtual Machines allow you to take advantage of unused capacity at a significant cost savings. However, if Azure needs the capacity back, the Azure infrastructure will evict Spot VMs. They are ideal for interruptible workloads.
Common mistakes
Assuming Spot VMs have the same uptime guarantees as standard pay-as-you-go VMs.
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