Azure Specific

  1. Azure Regions and Availability Zones offer different levels of data resiliency. Explain a scenario where an Azure service deployed in multiple Availability Zones can prevent data loss or service interruption.
  2. Azure provides several types of storage solutions. Match the following Azure Storage types with their ideal use case: Blob Storage, File Storage, Queue Storage, and Table Storage.
  3. Describe a real-world application scenario that would benefit from using Azure App Services over Azure Kubernetes Service, considering factors such as scalability, management overhead, and deployment complexity.
  4. **Azure Functions and Web Apps serve different purposes in the Azure ecosystem. Given a high-traffic e-commerce application scenario, decide which Azure service would be more appropriate for processing payment transactions and justify your choice.

This questions is a bit overkill, but it is a fun challenge** 5. Considering Azure Cosmos DB's global distribution capabilities, how would you design a data model for a social media application to ensure low latency reads and writes for users distributed globally? Discuss considerations for consistency, availability, and partitioning.