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Answer: Deploy the virtual machines to two or more availability zones., Deploy the virtual machines to two or more regions.
The question requires ensuring service availability if a single datacenter fails. Option A (deploying VMs to two or more availability zones) is correct because availability zones are physically separate datacenters within an Azure region, each with independent power, cooling, and networking. If one zone (datacenter) fails, VMs in other zones remain available. Option D (deploying VMs to two or more regions) is also correct as regions are geographically separate; a failure in one region does not affect VMs in another. Option B (resource groups) is incorrect because resource groups are logical containers for organizing resources, not for availability—they don't protect against datacenter failures. Option C (scale sets) is incorrect because a scale set alone does not guarantee availability across datacenters; it must be configured with availability zones or regions to achieve this, which is not implied here. The community discussion, with 89% consensus and multiple confirmations from exam takers, strongly supports A and D as the correct answers.
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You are deploying multiple Azure virtual machines. You need to guarantee that the services on these VMs are still available even if an entire datacenter fails.
Which two solutions will achieve this? Each answer must be a complete solution.
A
Deploy the virtual machines to two or more availability zones.
B
Deploy the virtual machines to two or more resource groups.
C
Deploy the virtual machines to a scale set.
D
Deploy the virtual machines to two or more regions.
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