You are designing an upgrade strategy for a Windows Azure application that includes one web role with one instance. You have the following requirements: - Test the application on the Windows Azure platform. - Ensure that application upgrades can be rolled back. - Ensure that upgrade and rollback processes do not cause downtime. You need to recommend an approach for upgrading the application. What should you recommend?()
A Windows Azure application includes a single-threaded worker role that has multiple instances. The worker role hosts a Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) service. Each request to the WCF service takes several seconds to complete. You need to recommend an approach for ensuring that worker role instances do not receive requests while processing. What should you recommend?()
You are designing a strategy for synchronizing a SQL Azure database and multiple remote Microsoft SQL Server 2008 databases. The SQL Azure database contains many tables that have circular foreign key relationships. You need to recommend an approach for ensuring that all changes in the remote databases synchronize with the SQL Azure database. What should you recommend?()
You are designing a Windows Azure application that will provide online backup storage for very large media files. The application must be capable of storing an average of 1 GB of data for each user. The application must provide random read/write access. You need to recommend a durable data storage solution. What should you recommend?()
You are designing a Windows Azure application. Messages will be placed into a Windows Azure Queue and then processed by a worker role. There is no requirement for adherence to the Windows Azure Service Level Agreement (SLA). You need to recommend an approach for concurrently processing messages while minimizing compute cost. What should you recommend?()
A Windows Azure application requires high Windows Azure Storage throughput. Windows Azure Diagnostics is configured for scheduled transfers to Windows Azure Storage. The application is experiencing slow response times. You determine that the current Windows Azure Diagnostics configuration is responsible for the reduced application performance. You need to recommend an approach for improving application performance. What should you recommend?()
You are planning the deployment of a SQL Azure database. Your company has a Volume Licensing Agreement for Microsoft SQL Server 2008. The SQL Azure database must maintain a monthly availability of 99.9%. You need to recommend an approach for minimizing the monthly expenses associated with the SQL Azure database. What should you recommend?()
You are developing a Windows Azure application in which a web role and worker role will communicate by using a Windows Azure Queue. You need to recommend an approach for ensuring that the worker role does not attempt to process any message more than three times. What should you recommend?()
You are designing a Windows Azure application that will use Windows Azure Table storage. You need to recommend an approach for minimizing storage costs. What should you recommend? ()
You are designing a Windows Azure application that will use a worker role. The worker role will create temporary files. You need to recommend an approach for creating the temporary files that minimizes storage transactions. What should you recommend?()