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A pharmaceutical company is developing an Azure AI solution to analyze clinical trial documents. The solution will use Azure Document Intelligence (formerly Form Recognizer) and needs to process a high volume of documents, often containing Protected Health Information (PHI). Due to strict regulatory requirements, the company requires a dedicated, single-tenant environment for its Azure AI services to ensure complete isolation and predictable performance without 'noisy neighbor' issues. Which deployment option should they choose for their Azure Document Intelligence resource?
- AA Document Intelligence resource with Private Link enabled.
- BA Document Intelligence resource deployed to an Azure Container Instance.
- CA dedicated capacity Document Intelligence resource.
- DA standard multi-tenant Document Intelligence resource.
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Correct answer: C. A dedicated capacity Document Intelligence resource.
A dedicated capacity Document Intelligence resource provides a single-tenant environment for your workloads, offering complete isolation and predictable performance. This directly addresses the requirement for a 'dedicated, single-tenant environment' to avoid 'noisy neighbor' issues and meet strict regulatory compliance for PHI.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Private Link ensures private network access but does not provide a dedicated, single-tenant compute environment for the service itself.
- B. Deploying to an Azure Container Instance (ACI) would be for running a containerized version of the service (if available), but it doesn't guarantee a dedicated, single-tenant environment for the underlying Azure Document Intelligence service infrastructure.
- D. A standard multi-tenant resource shares underlying infrastructure with other customers, which can lead to 'noisy neighbor' issues and doesn't provide the required complete isolation.
Azure Cognitive Services Dedicated Capacity
Dedicated capacity for Azure Cognitive Services provides a single-tenant environment, ensuring complete isolation and predictable performance for your workloads, often required for strict compliance or high-performance scenarios.
- Offers single-tenant isolation.
- Eliminates 'noisy neighbor' issues.
- Provides predictable performance.
- Higher cost than multi-tenant resources.
Memory trick: For 'Dedicated' and 'Noisy Neighbor', think 'Dedicated Capacity' for your own private AI island.