Microsoft Azure for Beginners: Understanding Azure Terminologies — Part 1

What is the big deal about Cloud computing

Cloud computing means offering various IT services over the Internet, such as computing power, network components, software, and much more. You pay only for what you consume. Patent programs and applications often used diagrams that looked like a cloud, this is how the name originated.

There are 3 different types of Clouds:

• Public Cloud
  The services are available to everyone. The resources are owned and offered by an external cloud provider (Azure, AWS, Google) and managed over the Internet. No upfront investment is required. One only pays for the resources used or taken. Resources are always readily available
• Private Cloud
  These are resources used exclusively by users of one company or organization. The resources can be located in an on-premises data center or hosted by an external service provider. One disadvantage is that this requires the purchase of physical hardware over which the owner has full control. The organization remains responsible for hardware maintenance and updates
• Hybrid Cloud
  A combination of both, where data and resources are shared. This form offers the most flexibility, allowing organizations to determine where applications should be run but retaining responsibility for security, compliance, and legal requirements

Almost all companies use the Cloud in one way or another. This can be through the use of SaaS services or, for example, Microsoft 365 for the use of Exchange or Teams, for example.

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