Cloud Types

Public cloud

  • Azure owns the hardware on their network and infrastructure

  • Open for everyone to sign up

  • Renting services

Private cloud

  • Looks and acts like a cloud except the customer owns or leases or has exclusive access to the hardware

  • Azure Stack - Software that is licensed to use a portal on your own private cloud

Hybrid cloud

  • Combination of public and private clouds

  • Scale private infrastructure to the cloud

Compare and Contrast:

Public cloud:

  • MSFT owns the hardware and you are leasing services

Private cloud:

  • Your hardware, more like a traditional on-prem build

Hybrid cloud:

  • It's a mix between the two


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