You plan to deploy three Azure virtual machines named VM1, VM2, and VM3. The virtual machines will host a web app named App1. You need to ensure that at least two virtual machines are available if a…

The correct answer is C. each virtual machine in a separate Availability Zone. Azure makes sure that the VMs you place within an Availability Set run across multiple physical servers, compute racks, storage units, and network switches. Protecting the app from a data center outage would (imho) require the distribution of VMs among availability zones…

Submitted by diego_uy· Mar 4, 2026Deploy and manage Azure compute resources

Question

You plan to deploy three Azure virtual machines named VM1, VM2, and VM3. The virtual machines will host a web app named App1. You need to ensure that at least two virtual machines are available if a single Azure datacenter becomes unavailable. What should you deploy?

Options

Aall three virtual machines in a single Availability Zone
Ball virtual machines in a single Availability Set
Ceach virtual machine in a separate Availability Zone
Deach virtual machine in a separate Availability Set

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A
2% (1)
B
4% (2)
C
85% (39)
D
9% (4)

Explanation

Azure makes sure that the VMs you place within an Availability Set run across multiple physical servers, compute racks, storage units, and network switches. Protecting the app from a data center outage would (imho) require the distribution of VMs among availability zones. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/availability-zones/az-overview#availability-zones https://docs.microsoft.com/de-de/azure/virtual-machines/windows/tutorial-availability-sets

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