A game studio runs a pool of dedicated game-server VMs in one region. Players connect over raw TCP and UDP sockets rather than HTTP. The team needs a service that spreads these connections across the VMs at the transport layer. Which service fits?
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Answer: B
Azure Load Balancer operates at layer 4 and distributes TCP and UDP flows across healthy backend VMs within a region. Because it does not inspect application payloads, it suits raw socket protocols such as game connections. The other services either work at layer 7 for HTTP or operate through DNS, and Bastion is an administrative access service.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Front Door distributes HTTP and HTTPS traffic at layer 7 from global edge locations. It does not balance raw TCP or UDP sessions for VMs inside a single region.
- C. Traffic Manager only answers DNS queries with an endpoint address and does not sit in the data path. Clients connect directly to the server, so it cannot spread live socket sessions.
- D. Azure Bastion provides secure browser or RDP and SSH access to VMs without public IPs. It is an access service rather than a load balancer, so it cannot distribute game traffic.