Azure Compute Solutions Flashcards
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Which Azure service allows you to run containerized workloads without managing Kubernetes infrastructure?
Answer: Azure Container Instances
Azure Container Instances (ACI) lets you run containers on-demand without provisioning or managing any underlying VM or orchestration infrastructure.
How do you configure an Azure Function to run on a schedule every 5 minutes?
Answer: Use a Timer trigger with CRON expression '0 */5 * * * *'
A Timer trigger with the NCRONTAB expression `0 */5 * * * *` fires the function every 5 minutes.
Which feature of Azure App Service lets you test routing to a new version of your app by sending a percentage of traffic to a staging slot?
Answer: Testing in production (slot traffic routing)
App Service's 'Testing in production' feature routes a configurable percentage of live traffic to a non-production deployment slot.
What must you configure on an Azure App Service to allow it to access an Azure Virtual Network resource privately?
Answer: VNet Integration
VNet Integration enables outbound connections from an App Service to resources inside an Azure Virtual Network.
Which Durable Functions pattern is best suited for fan-out/fan-in scenarios where multiple parallel activities must complete before proceeding?
Answer: Fan-out/fan-in pattern using Task.WhenAll
The fan-out/fan-in pattern uses `Task.WhenAll` in the orchestrator to launch multiple activity functions in parallel and aggregate their results.
What property in an Azure Function's function.json specifies the connection string setting name for a Queue Storage trigger?
Answer: connection
The `connection` property in function.json references an app setting name that holds the Storage connection string for the Queue trigger.