This book will focus on addressing the architectural decisions that usually arise when you are designing or migrating a solution to Microsoft Azure. It will start by designing the building blocks of infrastructure solution on Azure, such as Azure compute, storage, and networking, and will then explore the database options available in Microsoft Azure. You will get to grips with designing scalable web and mobile solutions and understand where to host your Active Directory/Identity solution. Moving on, you will find out how to extend your DevOps to Azure. You will benefit from some exciting services that enable extremely smooth operations and streamlined DevOps between on-premises and the cloud. The book will help you design a secure environment for your solution, whether on the cloud or hybrid. Toward the end, it will show you how to manage and monitor cloud and hybrid solutions. This book will arm you with all the tools and knowledge you need to properly plan and design your solution on Azure, whether it's a brand new project or a migration project.
If you're an IT consultant, developer, or solutions architect looking to design effective solutions for your organization, this book is for you. Some knowledge of cloud computing will assist with understanding the key concepts covered in this book.
Chapter 1, Getting Started with Azure, covers the things that are important when getting started with Azure.
Chapter 2, Moving Existing Apps to Azure, includes lifting, shifting, or migrating the apps and understanding how to get the existing apps to Azure.
Chapter 3, Building Solutions in Azure, covers the things you need to know about building and developing solutions in Azure.
Chapter 4, Understanding the Infrastructure behind Solutions Built in Azure, explains how to leverage ARM templates and infrastructure-as-code, and helps with adopting standards to provide guidance on resource usage in Azure.
Chapter 5, Developing Solutions the Right Way in Azure, explains how to develop solutions in Azure, things you have to trust, guidance on selecting the type of resources to develop, and explains how to leverage application insights in your application development to help with application monitoring and support.
Chapter 6, Deploying Solutions to Azure, covers the things you need to know about deploying solutions in Azure.
Chapter 7, Putting it All Together, includes monitoring and supporting applications and troubleshooting issues.
Chapter 8, Best Practices to Make Your Life Easier in Azure, includes some best practices and tips on making your life easier in Azure and covers development practices in connection with dashboards and monitoring.
Some basic knowledge of cloud computing would come in handy. A knowledge of other Azure services would be a bonus.
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