Which pricing model gives administrators the ability to deploy devices as needed without the need to purchase blocks of vCore licenses?

Question

Options

• APay As You Go
• BBring Your Own License
• CCentral licensing
• DLocal licensing

• A
  86% (25)
• B
  7% (2)
• C
  3% (1)
• D
  3% (1)

Explanation

Pay As You Go (PAYG) is correct because it operates on a consumption-based model - administrators provision and deploy devices on demand, paying only for what they use without pre-purchasing license blocks (vCores or otherwise).

Why the distractors are wrong:

• B. Bring Your Own License (BYOL) requires you to already own licenses (e.g., from a previous purchase), which means upfront acquisition is still needed.
• C. Central licensing refers to a license management topology (where licenses are managed from a central server), not a purchasing/pricing model.
• D. Local licensing similarly describes where licenses are stored/managed (on the device itself), not how they are purchased.

Memory tip: Think of PAYG like a streaming service - you don't buy a stack of DVDs upfront, you just pay for what you watch as you go. No bulk purchase, no pre-commitment.

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