This document discusses running Windows and other operating systems in the cloud. It compares on-premise hosting versus cloud hosting and outlines some of the key benefits of the cloud model like elasticity, transparency, and pay-per-use. The document also provides examples of how applications can be deployed, scaled, monitored and recovered in the cloud using services like Azure. It includes pricing examples for different cloud computing and database services.
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