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Exam AZ900 Topics: architecture Difficulty: hard

A cloud architecture intern is writing a one-page summary of the differences between virtual machines, containers, and Azure Functions for the team wiki. Which summary is accurate?

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  1. A. Virtual machines abstract the operating system away from the customer, while containers require managing a guest operating system for each instance
  2. B. Virtual machines provide the most control, containers remove the per-instance operating system, and functions run code in response to events
  3. C. Containers provide the most control over the computing environment, because each container ships with a dedicated operating system for one application
  4. D. Functions keep their resources provisioned at all times, which makes them the natural choice for applications that must run continuously without breaks
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Correct answer: Virtual machines provide the most control, containers remove the per-instance operating system, and functions run code in response to events

Reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/describe-azure-compute-networking-services/5-containers/

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