This document compares the characteristics of traditional computing with cloud platforms, noting that traditional computing requires upfront investment and total responsibility while cloud platforms offer agility, consumption-based pricing, user self-service, high availability, and resiliency. It also discusses the different deployment models of public, private, and hybrid clouds and the service models of infrastructure as a service, platform as a service, and software as a service available on the Azure cloud platform.

1. Step into Cloud
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2. Characteristics : Traditional computing
 Upfront investment (Cap-Ex)
 Total responsibility
 Challenges in HA, Load balancing and Resiliency

3. Characteristics : Cloud platform
 Agility
 Consumption based (OP-Ex)
 User self-service
 Multi-tenant
 High Availability and Resiliency

4. Cloud : Availability in regions

5. Azure Portal : User self service

6. Cloud Providers – Key

7. Deployment Models
Public Cloud Private Cloud Hybrid Cloud
Externally hosted Running on-premises infrastructure Link with both private and
public clouds
Multi tenant Cloud features
Accessible over internet

8. Service Models

9. Azure Cloud Services - Sample

10. Azure Cloud Services - IaaS - Sample

11. Azure Cloud Services - PaaS - Sample

12. Azure Cloud Services - SaaS - Sample

13. Demo

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