Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)Describe cloud conceptsMedium
A manufacturing company uses several legacy applications that are critical to their production line. These applications require specific operating system versions and network configurations that cannot be easily migrated to a fully managed cloud platform. However, the company wants to reduce its data center footprint and move some of its less critical, modern applications to the cloud to gain agility and reduce hardware maintenance. Which cloud deployment model would be most appropriate for this scenario?
- ACommunity Cloud
- BPublic Cloud
- CHybrid Cloud
- DPrivate Cloud
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Correct answer: C. Hybrid Cloud
A hybrid cloud allows the company to keep critical legacy applications on-premises (private cloud) while leveraging the public cloud for newer, less critical applications, providing flexibility and addressing diverse requirements.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Community cloud is for shared concerns among multiple organizations, not directly applicable to splitting a single company's workload across on-premises and public cloud.
- B. Public cloud alone wouldn't accommodate the legacy applications with specific requirements that can't be easily migrated.
- D. Private cloud alone wouldn't allow them to reduce their data center footprint by moving some applications to the cloud.
Hybrid Cloud
A cloud deployment model that combines public cloud and private cloud environments, allowing data and applications to be shared between them.
- Combines public and private clouds
- Flexibility for diverse workloads
- Data portability between environments
Memory trick: HYBRID: Half-on-prem, Half-cloud, Your Best option.