A: As discussed earlier, private clouds typically use resources that are owned by and dedicated to your organization. Many vendors now offer private cloud solutions to facilitate the creation of private clouds including Eucalyptus, VMWare, and Microsoft. Let's review some of the characteristics of a Microsoft private cloud.
Microsoft private cloud solutions are built using Windows Server with Hyper-V and the System Center Suite. The combination of these two provides enterprise-class virtualization and end-to-end service management. Specific enabling software would include:
Windows Server
Hyper-V
Forefront Endpoint Protection
System Center Suite
With the appropriate hardware and software infrastructure in place, you would be able to launch your SharePoint environment in a private cloud, exclusively created using Microsoft technologies.