Hotspot Question You company has offices in New York City, Sydney, Paris, and Johannesburg. The company has an Azure subscription. You plan to deploy a new Azure networking solution that meets the…

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• Number of Virtual WAN hubs:3
  1234
• Virtual WAN SKU:Standard
  BasicStandard

Explanation

This question tests knowledge of Azure Virtual WAN hub deployment requirements, specifically how many hubs are needed to meet latency, connectivity, and cost requirements, and which SKU supports all required features.

Approach. The correct answers are 3 hubs and the Standard SKU. The requirements state connections to ExpressRoute circuits in East US, Southeast Asia, North Europe, and South Africa, but also specify 'minimizes latency by supporting connection in three regions' - meaning you only need hubs in three of the four regions (not all four), selecting the three that best serve the four office locations while minimizing cost. The Standard SKU is required because only the Standard Virtual WAN SKU supports ExpressRoute connections AND Site-to-site VPN connections together; the Basic SKU only supports Site-to-site VPN and does not support ExpressRoute. Three hubs (rather than four) minimizes cost while still meeting the latency requirement of supporting connections in three regions, as one office location can connect through a nearby hub without a dedicated hub in its exact region.

Concept tested. Azure Virtual WAN hub deployment planning - understanding the minimum number of hubs required to meet latency and connectivity requirements, and the difference between Basic SKU (S2S VPN only) and Standard SKU (ExpressRoute + S2S VPN + P2S VPN + NVA support). The Standard SKU is mandatory when ExpressRoute connectivity is required alongside VPN.

Reference. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-wan/virtual-wan-about#basicstandard

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