This chapter covers multi-cloud strategy concepts. AZ-900 tests under 1.3.
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A simple way to picture Multi-Cloud Strategy
Buying from multiple suppliers reduces dependency on any single one. Multi-cloud strategy uses multiple cloud providers for similar benefits.
Multi-cloud means using multiple cloud providers. Rationales include reducing vendor lock-in, redundancy, or specialized capabilities from different providers.
Identify needs
Determine what services different clouds provide best.
Design hybrid approach
Workloads are distributed across clouds.
Manage complexity
Tools and practices manage multiple clouds together.
An organization runs AI workloads on Google Cloud, general workloads on Azure, reducing dependency on any single provider.
Objective 1.3 expects awareness of multi-cloud as a deployment strategy.
Uses multiple cloud providers.
Reduces vendor lock-in.
Adds operational complexity.
Using multiple cloud providers for services, reducing dependency on any single provider at the cost of increased operational complexity.
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