Summary

In this chapter, we focused on hybrid clouds. We reviewed the importance of having a hybrid cloud strategy to allow organizations to adopt cloud services and hybrid solutions. We also discussed the various IAM solutions from AWS, Azure, and GCP, which allow organizations to have a central directory service so that they can keep a single identity for each end user.

We looked at the various methods that AWS, Azure, and GCP use to help organizations connect their on-premises environment to the cloud in a hybrid architecture. We also discussed the various storage services that allow organizations to transfer data to the cloud. Then, we dived into various compute services that allow organizations to control all their compute needs using the same technology and capabilities – both on-premises and in the cloud.

Finally, we reviewed several services from AWS, Azure, and GCP that allow organizations to achieve a single pane of glass for managing security both on-premises...