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CLO-002 Cloud Concepts Practice Question

A company wants to move their legacy on-premises application to the cloud without refactoring the code. Which service model should they choose to minimize operational burden while maintaining application compatibility?

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Why each option matters

Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.

Correct answer & explanation

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IaaS

IaaS allows the organization to migrate virtual machines or disk images directly to the cloud, maintaining the existing OS and application environment without code changes.

Answer analysis

Option-by-option breakdown

For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.

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SaaS
Why it's wrong here
SaaS requires software to be built specifically for cloud consumption, which contradicts the goal of migrating legacy applications.
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PaaS
Why it's wrong here
PaaS requires specific application frameworks and runtimes that may not support legacy binary dependencies.
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Serverless
Why it's wrong here
Serverless requires event-driven architectural changes to the application code.
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IaaS
Why this is correct
IaaS provides the compute, storage, and networking infrastructure needed to host legacy applications as-is.

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