Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies (2020, legacy) — Question 7

You are designing an Azure solution.
The solution must meet the following requirements:
✑ Distribute traffic to different pools of dedicated virtual machines (VMs) based on rules.
✑ Provide SSL offloading capabilities.
You need to recommend a solution to distribute network traffic.
Which technology should you recommend?

Answer options

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The Azure Application Gateway is designed to handle application-level traffic distribution and supports SSL offloading, making it the ideal choice for the stated requirements. In contrast, Azure Load Balancer operates at the transport layer and does not provide SSL offloading, while Azure Traffic Manager is used for DNS-based traffic routing and server-level firewall rules do not manage traffic distribution among VMs.