BenchMark Quizzes by MDFT Pro

Select The Cost-Effective Compute Type For A Build Agent

You are designing a build pipeline in Azure Pipelines for MDFT Pro, a well-known training agency. The pipeline requires a self-hosted agent, it will run once daily and it will take 30 minutes to complete.

You need to recommend a compute type for the agent. The solution must minimize costs.

What should you recommend?

Choose the correct answer from the options below.

Explanations for each answer:

Azure virtual machines is incorrect. Azure virtual machines run continuously and incur charges even when idle, making them cost-inefficient for a pipeline that only runs once daily for 30 minutes.
An Azure virtual machine scale set is incorrect. Azure virtual machine scale sets are designed for autoscaling multiple identical VMs, which is more complex than needed and not the most cost-effective for a single daily build job.
An Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster is incorrect. An AKS cluster would be overkill for a single build agent that runs once daily, involving the overhead costs of running a Kubernetes cluster continuously.
Azure Container Instances is correct.

Learn more about running self-hosted agents in Azure Container Instances (ACI):

Run Agents in ACI

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Select The Cost-Effective Compute Type For A Build Agent