While many organizations are moving fully to the cloud, others must retain part of their environment on-premises due to compliance, security, or data sovereignty requirements. In this session, Rodrigue Yengo presents a practical framework for designing a hybrid architecture that merges the robustness of Azure IaaS with the flexibility of cloud-native services. Attendees will learn how to achieve high availability with SQL Server Always On, clustering, and load balancing; enforce Zero Trust security using Azure AD and MFA; and integrate AI models for predictive analytics and intelligent automation. The session also highlights seamless interoperability with Microsoft 365 (Teams, Exchange, Power Automate) and Azure (Blob Storage, Monitor, Key Vault).