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# 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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