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AZ-900 Question #473: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

The correct answer is D: availability zones. Azure availability zones are physically separate locations within each Azure region that are tolerant to local failures. Failures can range from software and hardware failures to events such as earthquakes, floods, and fires. Tolerance to failures is achieved because of redundanc

Submitted by lukas.cz· Mar 5, 2026Describe Azure Architecture and Services

Question

You plan to deploy a service to Azure virtual machines. You need to ensure that the service will be available if a datacenter fails. What should you use as part of the virtual machine deployment?

Options

  • Aavailability sets
  • Bproximity placement groups
  • Chost groups
  • Davailability zones

Explanation

Azure availability zones are physically separate locations within each Azure region that are tolerant to local failures. Failures can range from software and hardware failures to events such as earthquakes, floods, and fires. Tolerance to failures is achieved because of redundancy and logical isolation of Azure services. To ensure resiliency, a minimum of three separate availability zones are present in all availability zone-enabled regions. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/availability-zones/az-overview

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