GCP Cloud Digital Leader Practice Question

A financial services company must migrate a line-of-business application that depends on licensed Windows Server and third-party drivers. The team wants to move the workload to Google Cloud quickly without changing application code, while still retaining full control of the operating system for later tuning. Which compute option best meets these needs?

Compute Engine virtual machines
Cloud Run fully managed service
App Engine standard environment
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) cluster

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Compute Engine virtual machines allow an organization to perform a straightforward rehost (lift-and-shift) migration. The service lets administrators choose custom or licensed Windows Server images, install specialized drivers, and configure the entire guest operating system, providing the same level of control they have on-premises. Google Kubernetes Engine and Cloud Run both require containerizing the application and do not expose the underlying OS. App Engine standard environment is a fully managed PaaS offering that restricts OS access and supports only specific runtimes. Therefore, Compute Engine VMs are the most appropriate choice when speed of migration and operating-system control are both required.

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