Content Goes Here :) You can go hybrid in some manners; Application Delivery Locally on each computer Remote Desktop / AppV / MEDV / RemoteApp in house or offsite Cloud design (aka Azure, Symantec Cloud Console, etc..) Desktop Delivery Locally on each computer Remote via Desktop appliance, Thin client, etc.. (in house or offsite) Hypervisor Hosted locally or in a datacenter Storage Management Hosted locally or in a datacenter * For the storage, hosted locally and a offsite copy in the datacenter ? It's the start of the idea of a remote backup site. The first point that come into action is the bandwidth available. In a far mining site you could not imagine to host your server farm in the main office, btu a offsite for a remote backup site with a fiber connection can be a idea. A second point is the SOX404 compliance. Can you host your server in a site you don't manage ? ...