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In a PaaS model, which layer is the tenant responsible for maintaining and patching?

The correct answer is D. application. In a PaaS model, the cloud provider manages most of the underlying infrastructure, leaving the tenant responsible for their applications.

Submitted by klara.se· Mar 30, 2026

Question

In a PaaS model, which layer is the tenant responsible for maintaining and patching?

Options

  • Ahypervisor
  • Bvirtual machine
  • Cnetwork
  • Dapplication

How the community answered

(24 responses)
  • B
    4% (1)
  • C
    4% (1)
  • D
    92% (22)

Why each option

In a PaaS model, the cloud provider manages most of the underlying infrastructure, leaving the tenant responsible for their applications.

Ahypervisor

The hypervisor is part of the underlying infrastructure managed by the cloud provider in a PaaS model.

Bvirtual machine

While an application runs on a virtual machine, the VM itself (including the OS and runtime environment) is managed by the cloud provider in PaaS, not the tenant.

Cnetwork

The network infrastructure, including its maintenance and patching, is managed by the cloud provider in a PaaS model.

DapplicationCorrect

In a Platform as a Service (PaaS) model, the cloud provider manages the operating system, virtualization, servers, storage, and networking. The tenant's primary responsibility is to develop, deploy, manage, and patch their own applications and the data associated with them running on that platform.

Concept tested: PaaS shared responsibility model

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/shared-responsibility

Topics

#PaaS#Shared responsibility model#Cloud service models

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