AI-102 Plan and manage an Azure AI solution Practice Question
A company plans to deploy an Azure AI solution that processes sensitive customer data. The solution must comply with GDPR and ensure data residency within the European Union. Which Azure resource configuration should be used?
⚠ Common exam trap
It's easy for candidates to confuse the 'Data Residency' option with a separate SKU or assume that geo-replication across EU regions is acceptable, but Azure requires explicit regional restriction to prevent data leaving the EU boundary.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Create an Azure AI services resource in a specific EU region and set the data residency option to 'EU'.
Azure AI services allow you to specify a data residency option when creating the resource in a specific EU region, ensuring that all customer data remains within the European Union as required by GDPR. This configuration explicitly restricts data processing and storage to the chosen geographic boundary, meeting compliance and residency mandates.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Deploy the Azure AI services in multiple regions globally and use geo-replication.
Why it's wrong here
Multi-region deployment may replicate data outside EU.
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Use the Azure AI services 'Data Residency' SKU.
Why it's wrong here
No such SKU exists; data residency is managed by region selection.
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Use the Free tier of Azure AI services.
Why it's wrong here
The Free tier does not guarantee data residency.
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Create an Azure AI services resource in a specific EU region and set the data residency option to 'EU'.
Why this is correct
Azure AI services allow you to choose a region to control data residency.
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