Agenda

- A Public Cloud is basically the internet. Service providers use the internet to make
resources, such as applications (also known as Software-as-a-service) and storage,
available to the general public, or on a public cloud.

- Private Cloud You are running Azure services and features within on-premises data
center OR you are using on premises data center for hosting your system or applications
(all components of entire system [web app and database] are running on premises itself
this become your private cloud implementation).

- Hybrid Cloud Combination of Public and Private. Some part or components of your
application running on Azure where as some part of your application is running within on
premises datacenter.(some of the components are running on Azure and few are running
on premises this becomes Hybrid cloud implementation).
- Scalability (Vertical /Horizontal)
- Moving from Capex to Opex.
- Agility (easy to evolve as business changes).
- High Availability (how much your application is available for its end users)
- Pay as you go(With cloud you pay only for what you use.)
- Fault Tolerance(continue operating in full capacity and fully functional in the event of
failure of some of its components).
- High Response Time
- High Bandwidth
- Low Latency(optimized to process a very high volume of data with minimal delay (latency)
Disadvantages

Requires a constant Internet connection

Does not work well with low-speed connections

Does not support Legacy OS

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