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AZ-700 · Question #32

You have an Azure Virtual Desktop deployment that has 500 session hosts. All outbound traffic to the internet uses a NAT gateway. During peak business hours, some users report that they cannot…

The correct answer is A. Add a public IP address. Evaluate if SNAT port exhaustion should be mitigated with additional IP addresses assigned to NAT gateway resource. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network/nat-gateway/troubleshoot-nat#snat-

Submitted by naveen.iyer· Apr 18, 2026Design, implement, and manage connectivity services

Question

You have an Azure Virtual Desktop deployment that has 500 session hosts. All outbound traffic to the internet uses a NAT gateway. During peak business hours, some users report that they cannot access internet resources. In Azure Monitor, you discover many failed SNAT connections. You need to increase the available SNAT connections. What should you do?

Options

  • AAdd a public IP address.
  • BBind the NAT gateway to another subnet.
  • CDeploy Azure Standard Load Balancer that has outbound rules.

How the community answered

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  • A
    83% (50)
  • B
    7% (4)
  • C
    10% (6)

Explanation

Evaluate if SNAT port exhaustion should be mitigated with additional IP addresses assigned to NAT gateway resource. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network/nat-gateway/troubleshoot-nat#snat-

Topics

#Azure NAT Gateway#SNAT Port Exhaustion#Outbound Connectivity#Network Scaling

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