This is the first draft of Azure and cloud. Currently it is only about the fundamentals of cloud computing and how it is different from on-premises solution. Later I will move towards Azure cloud and Active Directory

1. MICROSOFT
AZURE
FUNDAMENTALS

2. COMPUTING NEEDS
• Compute power - such as Linux servers or web applications
• Storage - such as files and databases
• Networking - such as secure connections between the cloud provider and your company
• Analytics - such as visualizing telemetry and performance data

3. COMPUTE POWER

4. WHY CLOUD???
• Cost-effective
• Scalable
• Vertical scaling (Increase CPU, memory... )
• Horizontal scaling (More servers)
• Elastic
• Current
• Reliable
• Global
• Secure

5. COMPLIANCE
Criminal Justice Information
Services (CJIS)
Cloud Security Alliance (CSA)
STAR Certification
General Data Protection
Regulation (GDPR)
EU Model Clauses
Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
International Organization for
Standardization (ISO) and the
International Electrotechnical
Commission (IEC) 27018
Multi-Tier Cloud Security
(MTCS) Singapore
Service Organization Controls
(SOC) 1, 2, and 3
National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST)
Cybersecurity Framework (CSF)
UK Government G-Cloud

6. ECONOMY
Cloud is cheap
Capital Expenditure (CapEx)
•Server costs
•Storage costs
•Network costs
•Backup and archive costs
•Organization continuity and disaster recovery costs
•Datacenter infrastructure costs
•Technical personnel
Operational Expenditure (OpEx)
•Leasing a cloud-based server
•Leasing software and customized features
•Scaling charges based on usage/demand instead of fixed hardware or capacity.
•Billing at the user or organization level.

7. CAPEX VS OPEX

8. TYPES OF CLOUD SERVICES
Infrastructure as
a service (IaaS)
Platform as a
service (PaaS)
Software as a
service (SaaS)

9. MANAGEMENT OF SERVICES

10. AZURE VIRTUALIZATION

11. AZURE – HOW IT WORKS?

12. AZURE SERVICES - REF: MICROSOFT