I expect that all of us heard about IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service), PaaS (Platform as a Service), SaaS (Software as a Service). Nothing special with this, especially in a cloud environment.
Pretty often I discover that the responsibility of the cloud provider and the customer are not very clear. Generally, we expect to have minimum responsibilities when we are using SaaS. In the same time when we are using IaaS we expect to have almost the same control as for On-Premises. But, this is not all the time true.
Let's take the main component of an environment and see who is the responsible for it in Azure - the customer or Microsoft Azure.
Network - The responsibility of the this component is 100% on Microsoft Azure on all the environments (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS). Azure is offering and manage the network where we have our system.
Storage - Similar with Network, this is a component that is manage fully by Azure. From blob storage, to OS images and VM disks, the cloud providers needs to manage and control it. We have only a small degree of configuration that we can do.
Servers - All servers that exist in Azure are managed and control by them (from the hardware perspective). Even for IaaS, we don't have any control at the hardware level.
Virtualization - Lucky, for all environments (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), the virtualization is managed by Azure. We don't need and want to handle hardware virtualization by our self, especially on cloud.
Until now all the responsibility was on Azure. From now, the responsibility can be on customer part also.
OS - For PaaS and SaaS, the responsibility is on the cloud provider. But, for IaaS, the customer has the full control and can decide what kind of OS wants and can manage the OS by himself.
Middleware - As for OS, the responsibility is at customer level for IaaS and is full managed by Azure for PaaS and SaaS.
Runtime - You can control the runtime only if you have access at OS and Middleware. Because of this this is full managed by cloud provider for PaaS and SaaS. For IaaS, the customer can manage and control it.
Data - Starting with data, more responsibility is on customer side. Only for SaaS environment, the data is managed by Azure. For PaaS and IaaS, the customer has control and the responsibility to manage it.
Applications - For IaaS and PaaS, each customer has the freedom to install any application on the environment that he use. Only for SaaS, you don't have the ability to install any custom application.
As we can see above, Azure fully manage and control Network, Storage, Servers and Virtualization. We only need to manage the layers that are above virtualization, from OS to Applications, based on our needs and type of cloud provider that we are using
Pretty often I discover that the responsibility of the cloud provider and the customer are not very clear. Generally, we expect to have minimum responsibilities when we are using SaaS. In the same time when we are using IaaS we expect to have almost the same control as for On-Premises. But, this is not all the time true.
Let's take the main component of an environment and see who is the responsible for it in Azure - the customer or Microsoft Azure.
Network - The responsibility of the this component is 100% on Microsoft Azure on all the environments (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS). Azure is offering and manage the network where we have our system.
Storage - Similar with Network, this is a component that is manage fully by Azure. From blob storage, to OS images and VM disks, the cloud providers needs to manage and control it. We have only a small degree of configuration that we can do.
Servers - All servers that exist in Azure are managed and control by them (from the hardware perspective). Even for IaaS, we don't have any control at the hardware level.
Virtualization - Lucky, for all environments (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), the virtualization is managed by Azure. We don't need and want to handle hardware virtualization by our self, especially on cloud.
Until now all the responsibility was on Azure. From now, the responsibility can be on customer part also.
OS - For PaaS and SaaS, the responsibility is on the cloud provider. But, for IaaS, the customer has the full control and can decide what kind of OS wants and can manage the OS by himself.
Middleware - As for OS, the responsibility is at customer level for IaaS and is full managed by Azure for PaaS and SaaS.
Runtime - You can control the runtime only if you have access at OS and Middleware. Because of this this is full managed by cloud provider for PaaS and SaaS. For IaaS, the customer can manage and control it.
Data - Starting with data, more responsibility is on customer side. Only for SaaS environment, the data is managed by Azure. For PaaS and IaaS, the customer has control and the responsibility to manage it.
Applications - For IaaS and PaaS, each customer has the freedom to install any application on the environment that he use. Only for SaaS, you don't have the ability to install any custom application.
As we can see above, Azure fully manage and control Network, Storage, Servers and Virtualization. We only need to manage the layers that are above virtualization, from OS to Applications, based on our needs and type of cloud provider that we are using
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