PUBLIC CLOUD
- Cloud service provided by third party provider
- Hardware can be shared amongs multiple client
- Most azure customers/offerings are in public cloud model.
- Azure , office 365
- Most popular
PRIVATE CLOUD
- Hardware is used only by single company which often owns the hardware and datacenter
- example :- Azure stack
HYBRID CLOUD
- Combination of private and public cloud with automationa and orchestration between the two.
- example :- Azure stack
COMMUNITY CLOUD
- Infrastructure is shared between several organisation from a specific community with common concerns(security, compliance and jurisdication)
- Azure govt is an azure offering specific to govt entities
- example:- Azure govt, Azure Germany, Azure China
PRIVATE AND HYBRID CLOUD
- Azure stack allows you to run cloud services on-premises. Azure stack can be used for connected and disconnected scenarios