Question

Your company has migrated several virtual machines to Azure using Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). The IT manager asks you to clarify who is responsible for applying security patches to the guest operating systems running on these virtual machines. According to the shared responsibility model, who is responsible for this task?

Accepted Answer

Your organization is responsible for patching the guest operating systems

Answer

Microsoft is responsible for patching the guest operating systems

Answer

Responsibility is shared equally between your organization and Microsoft

Answer

Microsoft patches the operating systems automatically as part of the IaaS service