Introduction to Cloud Computing and Microsoft Azure

What is Cloud Computing?

• It provides a modern alternate to on-primes data centres.
• Cloud Provides shared pool of configurable computing resources
• No need to procure anything, just lease Hardware, Software, etc…
• Provides Management through the portals or console.
• Motivations for Cloud-

1. Capacity Planning
2. Cost Reduction
3. Organizational Agility

What are the Characteristics of Cloud?

1. On-Demand usage
2. Ubiquitous Access
3. Multitenancy
4. Elasticity
5. Measured Usages
6. Resiliency

Cloud Delivery Models

It presents a Specific, Pre-packaged combination of IT resources offered by Cloud Provider.

1. Software as a service (SaaS)
2. Platform as a Service (PaaS)
3. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)