Azure Specific
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- **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.