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Google Cloud Certified Cloud Digital Leader Cloud Digital Leader · Domain 1: Digital transformation with Google Cloud

Cloud service models: IaaS, PaaS, SaaS and serverless, and what the customer manages in each

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Cloud services are grouped by how much of the stack the provider manages for you. Think of the stack from the bottom up: facilities, physical hardware, networking, virtualization, operating system, runtime and middleware, application, and finally data and access. The further up the provider manages, the less work you have, and the less control you have.

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