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Containers

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Azure Container Instances

Direct container-group execution without orchestrator management.

Key points

  • Runs one or more containers as a container group without managing an orchestrator.
  • Configures CPU, memory, environment, restart policy, networking, and volumes at deployment.
  • Fits simple isolated or short-lived execution better than revision-oriented application operations.

Best-known use cases

  • Run an on-demand batch container.
  • Launch a simple isolated service with fixed resources.

What candidates often confuse it with

  • ACI vs Container Apps: direct container-group execution vs managed app revisions, ingress, replicas, and autoscaling.
  • ACI vs ACR: runtime vs image repository.

Key takeaway

Use ACI for straightforward container-group execution that does not require an application revision and autoscale model.

Related services

  • Azure Container Registry
  • Azure Container Apps

Relevant exam tasks

  • D3.3.S1 — Create and manage an Azure Container Registry
  • D3.3.S2 — Provision a container by using Azure Container Instances
  • D3.3.S3 — Provision a container by using Azure Container Apps
  • D3.3.S4 — Manage sizing and scaling for containers, including Azure Container Instances and Azure Container Apps

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