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AZ-104 · Question #530

Hotspot Question You have an Azure subscription that contains a virtual network named VNET1 in the East Us 2 region. A network interface named VM1-NI is connected to VNET1. You successfully deploy…

The correct answer is VM1 and VM2 can connect to VNET1 = Yes; If an Azure datacenter becomes unavailable, VM1 or VM2 will be available. = Yes; If the East US 2 region becomes unavailable, VM1 or VM2 will be available. = No. The ARM template deploys VM2 using VM1-NI, which is already connected to VNET1, meaning both VMs share network connectivity to VNET1 (Yes). An Availability Set (which this template likely configures) distributes VMs across fault domains and update domains within a datacenter…

Submitted by noor.lb· Mar 4, 2026Deploy and manage Azure compute resources / Configure high availability and disaster recovery for Azure VMs (AZ-104 Domain: Deploy and manage Azure compute resources)

Question

Hotspot Question You have an Azure subscription that contains a virtual network named VNET1 in the East Us 2 region. A network interface named VM1-NI is connected to VNET1. You successfully deploy the following Azure Resource Manager template. Answer:

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Answer Area

  • VM1 and VM2 can connect to VNET1Yes
  • If an Azure datacenter becomes unavailable, VM1 or VM2 will be available.Yes
  • If the East US 2 region becomes unavailable, VM1 or VM2 will be available.No

Explanation

The ARM template deploys VM2 using VM1-NI, which is already connected to VNET1, meaning both VMs share network connectivity to VNET1 (Yes). An Availability Set (which this template likely configures) distributes VMs across fault domains and update domains within a datacenter, protecting against single hardware failures - so if one Azure datacenter node/rack fails, at least one VM remains available (Yes). However, an Availability Set does NOT protect against an entire Azure region failure; both VMs reside in East US 2, so a full regional outage would take down both VMs simultaneously (No). Regional redundancy requires paired regions or geo-redundant solutions like Availability Zones across regions.

Topics

#Availability Sets#Virtual Networking#High Availability#Azure Regions and Fault Domains

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