This document discusses hybrid IT and how organizations can integrate their on-premises infrastructure with Amazon Web Services (AWS). It defines hybrid IT as combining internal and external cloud services to support business outcomes. It provides examples of common hybrid workloads like backup/archive to AWS Storage using AWS Storage Gateway, and storage expansion using AWS Storage Gateway to store data in Amazon S3. It also discusses how organizations can integrate their network on AWS using AWS Direct Connect, integrate identity and access management using AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) and AWS Directory Services, and integrate development and operations using services like AWS CodeDeploy. The document encourages readers to try hybrid IT through proofs of concept to help answer questions and consider cloud-first approaches for