{"id":10442,"date":"2020-03-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/threecloud.wpengine.com\/post\/using-cars-to-explain-azure-services-2\/"},"modified":"2023-08-21T10:15:42","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T17:15:42","slug":"using-cars-to-explain-azure-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/resources\/using-cars-to-explain-azure-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Cars to Explain Azure Cloud Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I get it, <strong>you may be a bit confused about the main types of Azure cloud services in relation to cloud computing, who is responsible for what and the trade-offs when you shift from one model to the next<\/strong>. I\u2019d like to try to clear some confusion by relating Azure cloud service models to something we all know about \u2013 cars.<\/p>\n<div class=\"hs-responsive-embed-wrapper hs-responsive-embed\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; position: relative; overflow: hidden; padding: 0; max-width: 560px; max-height: 315px; min-width: 256px; margin: 0px auto; display: block;\">\n<div class=\"hs-responsive-embed-inner-wrapper\" style=\"position: relative; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 56.25%; margin: 0;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8llxHkD6_ZQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>On- Premise<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>When you own your car, think of this like an on-premise scenario for your business.<\/strong> In this case, you don\u2019t want to go to the cloud, you just want to stay on-premise. Using my car comparison, you\u2019ve used your money (whether you\u2019ve financed it or not) so it\u2019s equivalent to a capital expenditure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The value of the car you purchase depreciates over time and you manage service visits, registration fees, insurance, parking fees, fuel, etc. Think about this in terms of you are fully responsible for managing everything in the process between the customer and the provider of the service. Same goes for an on-premise cloud model, you have full responsibility.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Infrastructure as a Service<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you lease a car, it is more like an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) in Azure.<\/strong> You\u2019re still responsible for things like insurance, parking and fuel but you no longer own a car. The car service, financing and depreciation are built into monthly payments to the leasing company, taking that responsibility out of your hands. <strong>With Azure IaaS model, you avoid the expense and complexity of buying and managing your own physical servers and other data center infrastructure.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Platform as a Service<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Azure <strong>Platform as a Service (PaaS) model compares to renting a car. You\u2019re responsible for much less and everything is built into your payment.<\/strong> You\u2019re still providing fuel, road tolls and yourself as the driver but any service, spare parts, etc. is provided by the company. <strong>With this Azure cloud service you manage the applications and services you develop, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/resources\/how-to-evaluate-cloud-service-provider-security\/\">cloud service provider<\/a> typically manages everything else.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Software as a Service<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The last cloud service model is <strong>Software as a Service (SaaS) and this compares to car services such as Uber or Lyft. You\u2019re paying for a ride from point A to point B; you\u2019re not responsible for the car, fuel, insurance or even the driver. The SaaS model takes all the responsibility off you; it improves accessibility, scalability, and reliability while minimizing overhead and maintenance costs.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I hope my Azure services\/car comparison gave you a little clarity. It\u2019s important to note that <strong>all Azure cloud services can be used in the combination that fits your needs.<\/strong> So, back to my car comparison, you own a car for long rides but take Uber for shorter trips.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Need further help? Our expert team and solution offerings can help your business with any Azure product or service, including Managed Services offerings. Contact us at 888-8AZURE or\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:sales@3cloudsolutions.com\">sales@3cloudsolutions.com<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I get it, you may be a bit confused about the main types of Azure&mldr;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":10841,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[262],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-azure-strategy-management","topics-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}