General Concepts

Multitenancy

Definition

An architecture where multiple customers (tenants) share the same physical infrastructure with logical isolation between their data and configurations. The foundation of the public cloud model.

Exam context

Appears in AZ-900 and CLF-C02 as a foundational concept of public cloud. The provider uses virtualization to isolate customers. Question: what guarantees isolation in multitenancy? Answer: virtualization and the provider's access controls.

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