A development team needs to provision test environments without involving the IT department. Which cloud feature allows that?

Self-service provisioning allows users, like the development team, to directly request and deploy cloud resources (such as virtual machines, databases, or test environments) without manual intervention from IT staff. This autonomy speeds up development cycles and reduces bottlenecks. Metered billing refers to paying only for the resources consumed, which is a pricing model, not a provisioning method. A Service Level Agreement (SLA) defines the uptime and performance guarantees of a service, not how resources are deployed. Reserved capacity involves pre-purchasing resources at a discount, which is a cost optimization strategy, not a provisioning feature.