Lesson5 of 111 min
Cloud Deployment Types
Public, private, and hybrid: where the infrastructure actually sits.
Service models describe how much you manage. Deployment types describe where the infrastructure physically lives.
❌ Public Cloud
✅ Private Cloud
Hosted on the provider's infrastructure
Hosted inside the organization's own premises
Shared across many customers
Only accessible within their own network
AWS, Azure, GCP
Run and maintained in-house
Did you know?
Hybrid cloud keeps sensitive data on-prem while running everything else in the public cloud, the common choice for regulated industries that can't fully leave their own datacenters. AWS Outposts and Azure Arc are both built for exactly this.
Key Takeaway
Public cloud is shared infrastructure, fastest to start on. Private cloud is self-hosted, full control. Hybrid cloud is both at once, usually for compliance reasons more than technical ones.