The document discusses the challenges and solutions in porting a whole-exome sequencing (WES) and whole-genome sequencing (WGS) pipeline from high-performance computing (HPC) to a public cloud, focusing on flexibility, performance, and abstraction. It outlines a scripted NGS data processing pipeline and evaluates its performance, scalability, and costs when using cloud resources, including Azure. Key benefits include better data parallelism, easier maintenance and sharing of workflows, and automating dependency management.