Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 Assessment, Design and Advanced Configurations — Question 24

Scenario: Engineers at a new company developed their product and infrastructure in Microsoft Azure. The engineers have reached out to a Citrix Architect to help design an Azure infrastructure to support publishing applications using the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service. Costs need to be kept to a minimum.
Which Azure virtual machine (VM) series provides the lowest cost per user while also providing good performance?

Answer options

• A. A-series
• B. B-series
• C. H-series
• D. D-series

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The D-series Azure VMs are optimized for general-purpose workloads and offer a good balance of CPU, memory, and disk performance, making them suitable for applications requiring steady performance at a low cost per user. In contrast, the A-series is designed for entry-level workloads, the B-series is intended for burstable workloads, and the H-series is targeted at high-performance computing applications, which may not offer the same cost efficiency for the described scenario.