Cloud deployment basics — IaaS, PaaS, SaaS

What you'll learn

1. 1

   Imagine you're ordering a pizza 🍕. You can choose how much of the work you do yourself — from making the base to just heating it up.

2. 2

   Which cloud model is like a fully cooked pizza delivered to your door?

3. 3

   Here's a quick picture of the three models — IaaS, PaaS and SaaS — showing what you manage vs what the cloud provider manages.

4. 4

   Let's work out which cloud model a company uses in each situation.

5. 5

   Sort these into IaaS, PaaS or SaaS by matching each example to the right cloud model.

6. 6

   Which cloud model gives you the most control over the operating system and software?

7. 7

   A company uses a cloud email service like Gmail. Is that IaaS, PaaS or SaaS?