Dictionary · Certification Terminology
Platform as a Service
PaaS — Platform as a Service
Cloud and virtualization · Intermediate
A cloud model that provides a ready environment for an application, such as a runtime and a database, so you deploy code without managing the guest operating system.
You bring the application. The provider runs the platform underneath, including much of the operating-system patching. You still design the app, its data, and its access rules.
Example: A developer deploys a web application to a managed runtime and never logs in to patch the host operating system.
Common misconception
- Less infrastructure work is not less responsibility for the application and the data.