Azure Architecture & ServicesQuestion 29 of 100
What are Availability Zones within an Azure region designed to protect against?
a.Datacenter-level failures, by providing physically separate locations with independent power and networking
b.Software bugs in your application
c.Incorrect billing charges
d.Expired user passwords
Explanation
Availability Zones are physically separate datacenters within a region, each with independent power, cooling, and networking. Distributing resources across zones protects applications from the failure of a single datacenter. This improves high availability within a single region.
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