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DA0-002 · Question #46

A company's entire server environment is located at the company's headquarters. Which of the following describes this type of environment?

The correct answer is B. On-premises. An environment where a company's entire server infrastructure is located and managed within its own physical facilities, such as headquarters, is described as on-premises.

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Question

A company's entire server environment is located at the company's headquarters. Which of the following describes this type of environment?

Options

  • ACloud
  • BOn-premises
  • CPublic
  • DHybrid

How the community answered

(30 responses)
  • A
    3% (1)
  • B
    87% (26)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    7% (2)

Why each option

An environment where a company's entire server infrastructure is located and managed within its own physical facilities, such as headquarters, is described as on-premises.

ACloud

A cloud environment involves using third-party cloud providers (e.g., Azure, AWS) for infrastructure, not hosting everything at the company's headquarters.

BOn-premisesCorrect

An "on-premises" environment refers to IT infrastructure, such as servers, storage, and networking, that is deployed and run within a company's own physical location, typically at its headquarters or a data center it owns. The company is responsible for managing all aspects of this infrastructure.

CPublic

"Public" often refers to public cloud services, where infrastructure is owned and operated by a third-party cloud provider and shared among multiple tenants.

DHybrid

A hybrid environment combines both on-premises infrastructure and cloud resources, which is not the case if the "entire server environment" is at headquarters.

Concept tested: Types of IT infrastructure environments

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/get-started/terminology#on-premises

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#On-premises#IT infrastructure#Server environment

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