Microsoft Azure is a category leader for features, global reach and pricing, with both Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) public Azure deployments. Microsoft Cloud Platform offers an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) environment which is architecturally consistent with public Azure and enables private cloud deployments. Combined, offers customers a way to get into the cloud that meets their needs and ensures they are not locked-in to one type of deployment.