Public clouds are operated and owned by cloud service providers which deliver their computing resources, like servers and storage, over the Internet. Some examples are Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services. With a public cloud, all hardware, software, and supporting infrastructure is managed by the cloud provider. Access to these services and management of your account is done through a web browser.

Hybrid clouds combine private and public clouds, brought together by technology that allows data and applications to be shared between them. By allowing data and applications to move between public and private clouds, a hybrid cloud gives your business more flexibility, better deployment options, and helps improve and optimize your infrastructure, security, and compliance.