AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator Full Course - Azure App Deployment Slots

The video tutorial explains the concept of deployment slots in Azure App Services, highlighting their benefits such as validating app changes in a staging environment before moving to production. It covers traffic redirection, swapping slots to minimize downtime, and configuring slots. The tutorial also details which settings are swapped and which are not, emphasizing the importance of deployment slots for continuous integration and deployment. Finally, it introduces the next lesson on securing app services.

What is one of the main benefits of using deployment slots in Azure App Services?

• They allow for multiple users to access the app simultaneously.

• They enable testing of app changes in a staging environment before production.

• They automatically update the app without any user intervention.

• They increase the storage capacity of the app.

How can traffic be managed between production and staging slots?

• By manually redirecting all traffic to the staging slot.

• By using a load balancer to distribute traffic equally.

• By setting a percentage of traffic to go to each slot.

• By disabling the production slot temporarily.

What can be done if a change in the production slot is not as expected?

• Revert to the last known good site by performing a swap.

• Delete the production slot and start over.

• Increase the traffic to the staging slot.

• Disable the swap option temporarily.

What happens during a swap operation between deployment slots?

• The app is moved permanently to the target slot.

• The app is duplicated in both slots.

• The content and settings are synchronized between source and target slots.

• The app is deleted from the source slot.

Which of the following settings do NOT get swapped during a swap operation?

• Web job contents

• Custom domain names

• Connection strings

• Framework-related settings

What is the role of deployment slots in continuous integration and deployment?

• They reduce the app's memory usage.

• They allow for seamless updates and testing without downtime.

• They provide a backup for the app.

• They increase the app's performance.

Which feature is described as 'like a cherry on the cake' for deployment slots?

• Traffic redirection

• Swap option

• Diagnostic logs

• Autoscale settings