Near-Zero Downtime — Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect (AZ-305) Practice Questions
Near-zero downtime refers to architectural patterns and deployment strategies that keep applications available during updates, failures, or maintenance windows. For AZ-305, candidates must understand techniques such as blue-green deployments, rolling updates, and availability zone redundancy that collectively minimize service interruption. Azure services like Traffic Manager, Application Gateway with session affinity, and Azure Site Recovery are key tools for achieving this goal. Architects are expected to select the appropriate combination of these tools based on recovery time objectives and business continuity requirements.