AZ-700 Question 223
Select 2Your company hosts large media files that are served to a global audience from multiple Azure regions. You want to reduce user latency, offload SSL from your back-end servers, and cache static content at edge locations. Which two solutions will best help you achieve traffic acceleration for your global user base? (Choose two)
- A
Deploy an Azure Front Door instance with caching enabled
- B
Use Azure Load Balancer with inbound NAT rules
- C
Configure Azure CDN for your static content
- D
Create an Azure Traffic Manager profile using the Weighted routing method
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Correct answers: A, C
Explanation
In Azure, solutions like Azure Front Door and Azure CDN work together to accelerate global traffic delivery. Azure Front Door handles SSL offload, provides Layer 7 routing, and offers built-in caching, while Azure CDN can further optimize delivery of static assets by caching them at various edge nodes worldwide. For more details, refer to the official Microsoft documentation on Azure Front Door and Azure CDN best practices.
- A. Correct.
Option 1: CORRECT. Azure Front Door can provide global load balancing, SSL offload at edge locations, and content caching to accelerate traffic. It routes user requests to the nearest front-end point of presence, significantly reducing latency.
- B. Incorrect.
Option 2: INCORRECT. Azure Load Balancer with inbound NAT rules is generally used for distributing incoming traffic within a single region or providing inbound network address translation. It does not provide global acceleration or content caching.
- C. Correct.
Option 3: CORRECT. Azure CDN caches static content (e.g., images, video segments) at edge locations around the world, cutting down latency and offloading content delivery from origin servers. This aligns well with the need to serve large media files quickly.
- D. Incorrect.
Option 4: INCORRECT. Azure Traffic Manager with Weighted routing allows you to distribute traffic across multiple endpoints based on assigned weights. While it can help with global distribution, it does not provide caching nor does it offload SSL at the edge to accelerate traffic.