Azure Stack 

Azure Stack was launched by Microsoft in 2016 to fill the void of the hybrid cloud. It was for organizations that couldn't, or wouldn't, move to the public cloud due to compliance or regulatory requirements. 

In the most simple terms, it provides an Azure-like experience on your personal hardware in your private data center / Co-Lo (Colocation) data center.

Azure Stack provides only a subset of services provided by Azure. 

The following table shows the services that are provided by the Azure Stack: 

Category	Services offered (Azure terminology)
Compute	Virtual Machines, Service Fabric
Data Storage	Blobs, Tables, Queues
Network	Virtual Network, LoadBalancer, VPN Gateway
Management & Security	Azure Portal, KeyVault
Developer Services	Azure SDK
Web & Mobile	Logic Apps, Web Apps, Mobile Apps, API Apps

 

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