Cloud computing services. . .

Cloud Computing Infrastructure. . .

What Makes Up a Cloud

The principles of cloud computing include:

Virtualization and automation
Interchangeable (fungible) resources such as servers, storage and network
Management of these resources as a single fabric
Elastic capacity (scale up or down) to respond to business demands
Applications (and the tools to develop them) that can truly scale out

Focused on the service delivered to the business

Microsoft Cloud Continuum

Microsoft will provide products, technologies and offerings around two types of clouds, each based on the concepts of being highly virtualized, managed in a consistent manner, dynamic and elastic scalability, and focused on the delivery of services to the user:

Private Cloud: An internal service-oriented environment optimized for performance and cost that is deployed inside a customer’s datacenter. Powered by packaged server products including Windows Server and System Center family of products, private cloud provides compatibility with existing applications.

Public Cloud: Provided by service providers, public cloud offers customers the ability to deploy and consume services. In this category, Azure™ is a highly scalable services platform providing pay–as-you-go flexibility delivered from Microsoft’s datacenters.

Microsoft’s Cloud Computing Offers You

A flexible and familiar infrastructure with a consistent Windows-based platform across clouds, reducing your development and deployment.
Integrated resource fabrics that enable the ability to federate services across clouds, ensuring you have the capacity and resources you need to deliver your business requirements.
The agility to develop applications and services once, and then deploy them in, and across any cloud environment, allowing you to rapidly respond to new requirements and business change.
By providing tools that enable customers to manage their fabric and deliver services, Microsoft is providing customers the foundation for cloud computing.