This document discusses deploying Hadoop in the cloud using Microsoft's Azure HDInsight solution. It provides an overview of why organizations deploy Hadoop to the cloud, citing advantages like speed, scale, lower costs and easier maintenance. It then introduces Azure HDInsight, Microsoft's Hadoop distribution for the cloud, which supports various Hadoop projects like Hive, HBase, Mahout and Storm. It also discusses how Azure HDInsight allows organizations to run Hadoop across more global data centers than other vendors and ensures high availability, security and performance. Finally, it provides information on how readers can get started with Azure HDInsight.