Cloud knowhow

cloud

public cloud

Is hosted by a cloudprovider like azure and you will normally share resources with others.

private cloud

You host a cloud yourself. You provide the hardware and run it as a cloud. This scenario should be used if your environment needs special restrictions (sensitive data)

hybrid cloud

You use both, private and public cloud together.

multi cloud

You use different cloud providers.

cloud services

Iaas (Infrastructure as a Service)

You will have a lot control over the hardware. You basically rent hardware. Operating system, software, middleware is your problem.

Platform as a Service

You don’t need to care about the underlying hardware. Can be used as development environment.

Software as a Service

Hosted software. Office 365, Skype and Dynamics CRM online sind SaaS-Software. The cloud provider is in charge of the application.

Virtual machines for development

You can automatically shutdown your virtual machine to save money.