1. Windows Azure Platform

2. Types of Clouds
Private
(On-Premise)
Infrastructure
(as a Service)
Platform
(as a Service)
You manage
Applications
Applications
Applications
You manage
Runtimes
Runtimes
Runtimes
Security & Integration
Security & Integration
Security & Integration
Managed by vendor
Databases
Databases
Databases
You manage
Servers
Servers
Servers
Managed by vendor
Virtualization
Virtualization
Virtualization
Server HW
Server HW
Server HW
Storage
Storage
Storage
Networking
Networking
Networking
3. Types of Clouds
Private
(On-Premise)
Infrastructure
(as a Service)
Platform
(as a Service)
4. A Hybrid World
Scalability & Availability
Consistency & Control
Private Cloud
(on-premise)
Public Cloud
(off-premise)
Real-Time Performance
Redundancy & Resiliency
Global Reach
Security & Privacy
Customizability
Ease of Provisioning
Abstract Resources
Physical Resources
Homogeneity
Heterogeneity
5. The Microsoft Cloud
Chicago Data Centre
Purpose-built data centre to accommodate containers at large scale

Cost $500 million, 100,000 square foot facility (10 football fields)

40 foot shipping containers can house as many as 2,500 servers

Density of 10 times amount of compute in equivalent space in traditional data centre

Can deliver an average PUE of 1.22

Power Usage Effectiveness benchmark from The Green Grid consortium on energy efficiency