Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)Describe Azure management and governanceHard
A financial institution is implementing a strict data residency policy, requiring that all customer data for a specific region must physically reside within that region and never leave its geographical boundaries, even for replication or backup. Which Azure concept directly supports this requirement by allowing customers to choose where their data is stored and processed?
- AAzure Availability Zones
- BAzure Management Groups
- CAzure Regions
- DAzure Resource Groups
Show answer & explanationAnswer & explanation
Correct answer: C. Azure Regions
Azure regions are geographical areas that contain one or more datacenters. When you deploy resources, you choose the region, and this choice dictates where your data physically resides, directly addressing data residency requirements. This is a fundamental concept for meeting regulatory and compliance needs.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Azure Availability Zones are physically separate locations within an Azure region, providing high availability within that region, but don't define the primary geographical boundary for data residency.
- B. Azure Management Groups are organizational containers above subscriptions, used for applying policies and access management at scale, but don't directly control the physical location of data.
- D. Azure Resource Groups are logical containers for Azure resources, used for organization and management, not for defining data residency.
Azure Region
A set of datacenters deployed within a latency-defined perimeter and connected to a dedicated, regional low-latency network. It directly supports data residency.
- Geographical area for Azure datacenters.
- Choice determines data residency.
- Provides proximity for low-latency access.
Memory trick: Regions are Countries, Zones are Cities.