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Domain 3.1: Cost Management in AzureCost ManagementOpExScenario
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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 08 · Domain 3.1: Cost Management in Azure

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 financial concept aligns with Contoso's goal to minimize upfront hardware costs and pay only for what they use?

Answer options:

A.

Capital Expenditure (CapEx)

B.

Operational Expenditure (OpEx)

C.

Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)

D.

Economies of Scale

How to approach this question

Match the requirement 'pay only for what they use' to the correct financial model.

Full Answer

B.Operational Expenditure (OpEx)✓ Correct
By moving to Azure, Contoso shifts from a CapEx model (buying servers) to an OpEx model (paying for consumed resources on a recurring basis).

Common mistakes

Selecting CapEx because the scenario mentions 'hardware costs', missing the word 'minimize'.

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