What makes cloud computing special?

<aside> 💡 The ability to rent computing resources - on demand.

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Shared Responsability Model

<aside> 💡 On cloud resources, you could delegate certain responsibilities to Microsoft (Building Security, Physical Network Security, …), and also have mixed/shared policies with cloud app service resources.

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<aside> 💡 Cloud SaaS Responsibilities ⇒ All the physical infrastructure is managed by Microsoft.

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Public cloud

<aside> 💡 Computing services are offered by third-party providers over the public internet, making them available to anyone who wants to use or purchase them.

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<aside> 💡 Azure owns the hardware on their network and infrastructure

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Private Cloud

<aside> 💡 Computing services are offered either over the internet or a private internal network and only to select users instead of the general public.

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<aside> 💡 Looks and acts like a cloud, except the customer owns or leases or has exclusive access to the hardware.

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Cloud Pricing

Could be considered a downside to cloud computing