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AZ-305 · Question #229

You are going to be creating the following Availability set which has the following detail. A total of 10 virtual machines are going to be deployed to the availability set During a planned…

The correct answer is C. 6. Here we need to focus on update domains for planned maintenance. Below is the representation of 10 virtual machines across 3 update domains. So, if Update domain 1 goes down, we would have at least 6 virtual machines running. Since this is clear from the representation, all…

Submitted by marco_it· Mar 6, 2026Design business continuity solutions

Question

You are going to be creating the following Availability set which has the following detail. A total of 10 virtual machines are going to be deployed to the availability set During a planned maintenance, what is the least number of virtual machines that would be available?

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Options

  • A4
  • B5
  • C6
  • D8

How the community answered

(54 responses)
  • A
    4% (2)
  • B
    6% (3)
  • C
    78% (42)
  • D
    13% (7)

Explanation

Here we need to focus on update domains for planned maintenance. Below is the representation of 10 virtual machines across 3 update domains. So, if Update domain 1 goes down, we would have at least 6 virtual machines running. Since this is clear from the representation, all other options are incorrect https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/manage-availability

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