AI-103 Plan And Manage AN Azure AI Solution Practice Question
Your development team wants to deploy a new version of an Azure OpenAI model while ensuring zero downtime for client applications currently calling the existing model deployment. What is the recommended deployment strategy?
Answer choices
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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Create a new deployment with a distinct deployment name for the new model version, then update application configuration to point to the new deployment.
Blue-green or side-by-side deployments allow deploying the new model version alongside the old one, updating client application endpoints or routing rules after validation.
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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Overwrite the existing model deployment name with the new model version.
Why it's wrong here
Overwriting causes downtime and breaks ongoing requests during the update operation.
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Delete the Azure OpenAI resource and provision a new one in the same region.
Why it's wrong here
Deleting the resource causes complete service downtime and loses resource configurations.
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Create a new deployment with a distinct deployment name for the new model version, then update application configuration to point to the new deployment.
Why this is correct
Using a distinct deployment name allows side-by-side deployment and seamless cutover.
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Downgrade the pricing tier to pause traffic while updating the model version.
Why it's wrong here
Downgrading pricing tiers does not update model versions and disrupts service availability.
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