Public Cloud Partners

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft's Azure cloud hosting platform provides a cost effective way to quickly spin up servers.  Using the pay as you go model, Azure allows a faster time to market combined with reduced costs over owning a server.​

Azure's design is oriented towards hybrid cloud, where your primary infrastructure is still on-premise.
Azure Active Directory (AD) integration often makes it the right choice for extending a domain joined server to the public cloud, as it allows for single sign on.

Amazon Web Services

​Amazon's Web Services (AWS) has similar pricing to Azure and offers similar features.  Not as focused on hybrid cloud, Amazon AWS servers are a viable choice if you don't need AD integration. AWS offers a unique private space for government agencies that have made it the go-to public cloud service for government agencies.