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Difficulty: EasyCreate and Configure Virtual Machines

You need to deploy a new application that requires full administrative control over the operating system, including custom registry settings and background services. The application must also be protected from datacenter-wide outages. Which Azure resource configuration should you deploy?

  1. A
    An Azure Container Instance configured with a restart policy of Always
  2. B
    An Azure Virtual Machine deployed in an Availability Set
  3. An Azure Virtual Machine deployed in an Availability ZoneAnswer
  4. D
    An App Service plan in the Basic pricing tier

Answer

An Azure Virtual Machine deployed in an Availability Zone
Deploying an Azure Virtual Machine provides full administrative access to the guest operating system, which is required to modify registry settings and configure custom background services. Deploying the virtual machine within an Availability Zone ensures that the instance is placed in a physically separate facility within the region, protecting the workload from datacenter-wide outages.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the operating system control requirements.
The application requires custom registry settings and background services, which necessitates an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) solution.
Platform-as-a-service (PaaS) options like App Service or container options like Container Instances do not permit direct registry access or operating system level customizations.
2
Analyze the redundancy requirements.
The application must be protected from datacenter-wide outages.
Availability Zones distribute VMs across physically separate datacenter facilities within the same region, providing protection against datacenter-wide failures. Availability Sets only protect against localized hardware failures within the same datacenter.
3
Combine the requirements to select the correct configuration.
An Azure Virtual Machine deployed in an Availability Zone meets both administrative and high availability requirements.
This combined option ensures both OS-level access control and physical isolation across datacenters.

Key Concept

Selecting and configuring Azure virtual machines based on OS administrative requirements and high availability needs.
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Create and Configure Virtual Machines

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