At Ignite April 2015, Microsoft announced the future release of an on-premises cloud platform named Microsoft Azure Stack; Azure Stack isn't the next version to Azure Pack. It works on a different architecture and enables a consistent experience to the Azure preview portal of Microsoft's public cloud.
During Ignite, Brad Anderson, Microsoft's corporate vice president for cloud and enterprise said:
"You've told us you want Azure — all of Azure — in your data centers. Azure Stack … is literally us giving you all of Azure to run in your data centers."
Along with Azure consistency, Azure Stack is expected to deliver built-in hybrid capabilities with MS Azure, which aren't available in the case of WAP.
Azure Stack doesn't include System Center components as a core mandatory requirement for IaaS services. Resource providers will communicate directly with fabric components including Windows Servers and Hyper-V. Azure Stack is expected to deliver more Azure-like services including...