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AZ-900 · Question #518

Drag and Drop Question Match the Azure compute services to the appropriate descriptions. To answer, drag the appropriate compute service from the column on the left to its description on the right. Ea

Azure Virtual Machines (IaaS) provides the most control of a cloud environment (Target1) because you manage the OS, middleware, and applications - giving maximum configurability. Azure SQL Database (PaaS) provides the most control of a database design without maintaining the OS (

Submitted by saadiq_pk· Mar 30, 2026AZ-900: Describe Azure architecture and services - Core Azure compute and database service types and their control levels

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Drag and Drop Question Match the Azure compute services to the appropriate descriptions. To answer, drag the appropriate compute service from the column on the left to its description on the right. Each service may be used once, more than once, or not at all. NOTE: Each correct match is worth one point. Answer:

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Azure Virtual Machines (IaaS) provides the most control of a cloud environment (Target1) because you manage the OS, middleware, and applications - giving maximum configurability. Azure SQL Database (PaaS) provides the most control of a database design without maintaining the OS (Target2) because it handles infrastructure and OS patches while letting you control schema, queries, and indexes. Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets (or Azure hosts/physical infrastructure) is used to host Azure virtual machines (Target3) - specifically, Azure dedicated hosts or physical host infrastructure underpins VM deployment. In the classic AZ-900 mapping: Virtual Machines → Target1, Azure SQL Database → Target2, and Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets or a physical host → Target3.

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#Azure Compute Services#IaaS vs PaaS#Azure Virtual Machines#Azure SQL Database

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