What does a provisioned deployment give you?
Why B is the answer
Dedicated capacity held for you, whether or not you send requests
Microsoft describes dedicated throughput. Standard capacity is shared, so throughput can vary.
In detail
- Provisioned gives you dedicated capacity.
- It is held for you, whether or not you send requests.
- It suits steady, high volume.
Use case
An illustrative scenario, not a real incident.
A trading tool needs steady latency all day, so it buys provisioned capacity, which it pays for whether or not it is used.
See it in different ways
flowchart TD
A["Start: Global Standard"] --> B{"Why change?"}
B -->|"Data must stay in a zone"| C["Data Zone"]
B -->|"Reserved throughput"| D["Provisioned"]
B -->|"Work can wait"| E["Batch"]mindmap
root((Deployment types))
Global
Default start
Global Standard
Data Zone
Stays in a zone
Provisioned
Reserved capacity
Batch
Can wait, costs less
Developer
Evaluationflowchart TD
Q{"What is traffic like?"}
Q -->|"Steady and high"| A0["Provisioned"]
Q -->|"Variable"| A1["Standard"]Key point: Provisioned means dedicated capacity.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Automatic translation of prompts into the model's language
- It does not translate prompts.
- C. Shared capacity that varies with demand from other customers in the same region
- That describes standard shared capacity.
- D. Free usage for the first million tokens of every month
- There is no such free allowance.