Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)Describe cloud conceptsHard
An online gaming company is experiencing rapid growth, with millions of users connecting from various devices worldwide. They need a cloud characteristic that ensures their services are accessible from a wide range of client platforms (mobile phones, tablets, PCs) and geographic locations, and that these services can be accessed through standard network mechanisms. Which cloud characteristic is essential for this scenario?
- AResource Pooling
- BRapid Elasticity
- CBroad Network Access
- DMeasured Service
Show answer & explanationAnswer & explanation
Correct answer: C. Broad Network Access
Broad Network Access is a cloud characteristic that states cloud capabilities are available over the network and accessed through standard mechanisms that promote use by heterogeneous thin or thick client platforms (e.g., mobile phones, tablets, laptops, workstations). This is crucial for an online gaming company with a global user base and diverse client devices to ensure widespread accessibility.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Resource pooling refers to the provider pooling resources to serve multiple consumers, not the accessibility from various devices and locations.
- B. Rapid elasticity concerns dynamic scaling of resources, not the breadth of network access for clients.
- D. Measured service is about tracking and billing resource usage, not network accessibility.
Broad Network Access
A cloud characteristic where capabilities are available over the network and accessed through standard mechanisms that promote use by heterogeneous thin or thick client platforms.
- Accessible from diverse devices (mobile, PC, tablet)
- Accessible over standard network protocols (e.g., HTTP, HTTPS)
- Enables widespread availability for users
Memory trick: Broad network access is like a wide-open internet highway for all devices.