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AZ-400 Develop a security and compliance plan Practice Question
Drag and drop the steps to perform a blue-green deployment in Azure using App Service slots into the correct order.
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Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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1. Create a staging slot, 2. Deploy the application to the staging slot, 3. Validate the staging slot, 4. Swap the staging slot to production, 5. Monitor the production slot
Blue-green deployment involves creating a slot, deploying to it, validating, swapping, and monitoring.
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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1. Create a staging slot, 2. Deploy the application to the staging slot, 3. Validate the staging slot, 4. Swap the staging slot to production, 5. Monitor the production slot
Why this is correct
This is the correct order because you first need a dedicated staging environment, then deploy and validate before swapping to production to ensure zero downtime and easy rollback.
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1. Deploy the application to the staging slot, 2. Create a staging slot, 3. Validate the staging slot, 4. Swap the staging slot to production, 5. Monitor the production slot
Why it's wrong here
This is incorrect because you must create the staging slot before you can deploy to it; the slot is the target for the deployment.
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1. Create a staging slot, 2. Deploy the application to the staging slot, 3. Swap the staging slot to production, 4. Validate the staging slot, 5. Monitor the production slot
Why it's wrong here
This is incorrect because validation must occur before the swap to ensure the new version works; swapping first defeats the purpose of blue-green deployment.
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1. Create a staging slot, 2. Deploy the application to the staging slot, 3. Validate the staging slot, 4. Monitor the production slot, 5. Swap the staging slot to production
Why it's wrong here
This is incorrect because monitoring the production slot before swapping is meaningless; the swap is what makes the new version live, then you monitor.
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