Public clouds are owned and operated by a third-party cloud service provider. The third-party cloud service provider will deliver computing resources, like servers and storage over the internet (aka, “the cloud”). Microsoft Azure is an example of a public cloud. When using the public cloud, all software, hardware, and supporting infrastructure are owned and operated by the cloud provider. To manage and maintain your cloud services, you access your account using your web browser. Private clouds are used exclusively by a single organization or business. A private cloud can be physically located on the company’s on-site data center, or a company can pay a third-party service provider to host their private cloud.