Choosing Azure vs Local

1. What is the primary architectural goal mentioned in the lesson when choosing between Azure and local services?

To select a fixed choice for all workloads To make the selection reversible per workload To exclusively use cloud services for all tasks To minimize latency in all situations

2. Which scenario is best suited for local inference according to the decision framework?

Low-volume, cost-sensitive work High-volume, privacy-sensitive work Unpredictable scaled operations Hard reasoning tasks

3. What key advantage does Azure provide over local systems in terms of maintenance?

Lower fixed costs for hardware Managed scaling and uptime Better capacity planning for small tasks No need for auditing compliance

4. How can companies transition workloads from local to Azure according to the lesson?

By redesigning whole applications from scratch Through dependency-injection and configuration changes By purchasing additional hardware By increasing their data storage capacity

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