In an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) model, what is the customer responsible for managing?

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The physical datacenter security and power.

The physical network switches and hypervisor.

The operating system, applications, and data.

Only the application data and user access.

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Recall the shared responsibility model for IaaS. The customer has the most responsibility here compared to PaaS and SaaS.

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C.The operating system, applications, and data.✓ Correct

In an IaaS model (like Azure Virtual Machines), the cloud provider manages the physical hardware, network, and hypervisor. The customer is responsible for everything above the hypervisor, including the operating system (patching/updates), middleware, applications, and data.

Common mistakes

Thinking the cloud provider manages the OS in an IaaS model.

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In an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) model, what is the customer responsible for managing?

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