Configuration Manager Cloud Services under the Administrator Section

Hi,
i was wondering about the SCCM 2012 R2 cloud Services under the administrator, what is it? i mean is it a private or public cloud?
what is it connecting to and what is it using to connect? for example API, direct connection, app controller, etc.?
what is the functionality of this service?
Thanks

That link does only mention cloud DPs, but you can also integrate Intune into ConfigMgr (which is also a cloud service). ConfigMgr interacts directly with those services.
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