A company is preparing to deploy a fleet of virtual machines using a custom image that contains their proprietary software stack. The deployment needs to enable rapid scaling and consistent configuration across all instances. Which of the following deployment methods should the cloud professional use to meet these requirements?
Manually provision each virtual machine with the required configurations.
Configure a container orchestration platform to manage the deployment of VMs.
Utilize templates that include the company's software stack for deploying the VM instances.
Set up multiple VMs in a hyperconverged infrastructure without a custom image.
Adopt a serverless architecture to automatically handle the deployment and scaling of VMs.
Use a Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering and install the proprietary software stack post-deployment.