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Azure for Architects. - Second Edition

By : Ritesh Modi
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Azure for Architects. - Second Edition

By: Ritesh Modi

Overview of this book

Over the years, Azure cloud services have grown quickly, and the number of organizations adopting Azure for their cloud services is also gradually increasing. Leading industry giants are finding that Azure fulfills their extensive cloud requirements. Azure for Architects – Second Edition starts with an extensive introduction to major designing and architectural aspects available with Azure. These design patterns focus on different aspects of the cloud, such as high availability, security, and scalability. Gradually, we move on to other aspects, such as ARM template modular design and deployments. This is the age of microservices and serverless is the preferred implementation mechanism for them. This book covers the entire serverless stack available in Azure including Azure Event Grid, Azure Functions, and Azure Logic Apps. New and advance features like durable functions are discussed at length. A complete integration solution using these serverless technologies is also part of the book. A complete chapter discusses all possible options related to containers in Azure including Azure Kubernetes services, Azure Container Instances and Registry, and Web App for Containers. Data management and integration is an integral part of this book that discusses options for implementing OLTP solutions using Azure SQL, Big Data solutions using Azure Data factory and Data Lake Storage, eventing solutions using stream analytics, and Event Hubs. This book will provide insights into Azure governance features such as tagging, RBAC, cost management, and policies. By the end of this book, you will be able to develop a full-?edged Azure cloud solution that is Enterprise class and future-ready.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)

Function proxies

Azure Functions proxies are one of the latest additions to Azure Functions. After starting using Azure Functions, there will be a time when there might be lots of Function implementation and it will be difficult to integrate the Functions together in a workflow. Instead of letting clients weave these Functions together, Azure proxies can be used. Proxies help by providing clients with a single function URL and then invoking multiple Azure Functions behind the scenes to complete workflows.

It is important to understand that proxies are applicable in those cases where Functions accept requests on demand, instead of being driven by events. These internal Functions connected to proxies can be within a single function app or on multiple separate apps. Proxies get requests from clients, convert, override, and augment the payload, and send them to backend internal Functions...