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AZ-900 · Question 24 · Domain 2.2: Azure Compute Services

A company needs to deploy 50 identical virtual machines to handle a sudden spike in web traffic. The VMs must be created and deleted automatically based on CPU usage. Which service should they use?

Answer options:

A.

Azure Availability Sets

B.

Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets

C.

Azure App Service

D.

Azure Load Balancer

How to approach this question

Look for keywords 'identical virtual machines' and 'automatically based on CPU usage'.

Full Answer

B.Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets✓ Correct
Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets allow you to deploy and manage a set of identical, auto-scaling virtual machines. They are perfect for scenarios requiring automatic scaling based on metrics like CPU usage.

Common mistakes

Confusing Scale Sets with Availability Sets. Availability Sets are for fault tolerance; Scale Sets are for elasticity/scaling.

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