title: Exam Ref 70-534 Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions
author: Haishi Bai
description: <b>Haishi Bai</b>, Senior Technical Evangelist at Microsoft, focuses on the Microsoft Azure compute platform, including IaaS, PaaS, networking, and scalable computing services.<br /> <br /> <b>Steve Maier</b>, Senior Technical Evangelist at Microsoft, specializes in Microsoft Azure.<br /> <br /> <b>Dan Stolts</b>, Senior Technical Evangelist at Microsoft, is a technology expert proficient in datacenter technologies.
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  ## Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  * [Understanding the Azure Cloud](../Text/Chapter_1.xhtml#_idParaDest-5)
  
  
  
  
  
  * [Introduction](../Text/Chapter_1.xhtml#_idParaDest-6)
  
  
  * [Business innovation with Azure](../Text/Chapter_1.xhtml#_idParaDest-7)
  
  
  * [Public cloud, hybrid cloud, and multi-cloud models](../Text/Chapter_1.xhtml#_idParaDest-8)
  
  
  
  
  
  * [Public cloud](../Text/Chapter_1.xhtml#_idParaDest-9)
  
  
  * [Hybrid cloud](../Text/Chapter_1.xhtml#_idParaDest-10)
  
  
  * [Multi-cloud](../Text/Chapter_1.xhtml#_idParaDest-11)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  * [Azure public cloud architectures](../Text/Chapter_1.xhtml#_idParaDest-12)
  
  
  
  
  
  * [Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)](../Text/Chapter_1.xhtml#_idParaDest-13)
  
  
  * [Platform as a Service options (App Service, SQL Database, Azure Container Instances, and Azure Kubernetes Service)](../Text/Chapter_1.xhtml#_idParaDest-14)
  
  
  * [Serverless (Functions, Cosmos DB, Logic Apps, and Cognitive Services)](../Text/Chapter_1.