Chapter 8. Exploring Microsoft Azure and its Services
In the previous chapters, we've analyzed different integration scenarios between Microsoft Dynamics NAV and the external applications. We have learned how to decouple your NAV installation from an external world by creating custom integration layers and by using NAV web services for exposing the business logic.
But what about the cloud? The cloud is actually a great opportunity and you need to start thinking about using cloud services in your projects for handling different tasks that require scalability of resources or services that will be difficult to develop or deploy by yourself.
In this chapter, we'll see an overview of the Microsoft Azure platform and its services. We'll discover what Azure is and what services the platform offers now in all the different areas of the application. The chapter will cover the following topics:
An overview of the Microsoft Azure platform
Managing cloud resources on Microsoft Azure
An overview of the most...