Question

Your company is migrating a web application to Azure. The IT director wants to understand who is responsible for patching the operating system. The application will run on Azure Virtual Machines. According to the shared responsibility model, who is responsible for OS patches in this scenario?

Accepted Answer

The customer is responsible for patching the operating system on Azure Virtual Machines

Answer

Microsoft is responsible for patching the operating system on Azure Virtual Machines

Answer

Responsibility is shared equally between Microsoft and the customer

Answer

The responsibility depends on whether the VM is in a public or private cloud