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A company is migrating its on-premises web servers to Azure Virtual Machines. Is it true that Microsoft automatically manages the patching and updating of the operating system on these virtual machines?

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False
The correct answer is false because Azure Virtual Machines represent an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) deployment. Under the Azure shared responsibility model, the customer retains administrative control of the operating system and is responsible for tasks such as installing updates, configuring firewalls, and patching the OS. Microsoft is only responsible for the physical infrastructure and virtualization layer.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the cloud service model for Azure Virtual Machines.
Azure Virtual Machines are classified as Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).
Understanding the service model is necessary to determine the division of management responsibilities.
2
Apply the Shared Responsibility Model to the identified service model (IaaS).
In an IaaS model, the customer is responsible for the operating system, middleware, runtime, data, and applications, while the cloud provider manages physical hosts, storage, and networking.
This determines who is responsible for patching and maintaining the operating system.
3
Evaluate the statement based on the shared responsibility assignments.
Since the customer (and not Microsoft) is responsible for OS patching on Azure VMs, the statement is false.
To conclude whether the statement is true or false.

Key Concept

Shared Responsibility Model for IaaS (Azure Virtual Machines)
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Azure Virtual Machines and Azure Virtual Desktop

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