Q5 Functions Domain 3 · 20–25% of exam

An Azure Function must maintain a persistent TCP connection to Service Bus with guaranteed scale-out and no cold starts. Which hosting plan should you use?

  1. A Consumption
  2. B Premium (Elastic Premium) (correct answer)
  3. C Dedicated (Basic tier)
  4. D Container Apps Consumption

Shortcut: Premium Plan (EP1/EP2/EP3) provides pre-warmed instances (no cold start), VNet integration, unlimited execution duration, and persistent connections, while still scaling elastically.