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Implementing Azure Solutions - Second Edition

By : Florian Klaffenbach, Markus Klein, Sebastian Hoppe, Oliver Michalski, Jan-Henrik Damaschke
Book Image

Implementing Azure Solutions - Second Edition

By: Florian Klaffenbach, Markus Klein, Sebastian Hoppe, Oliver Michalski, Jan-Henrik Damaschke

Overview of this book

<p>Microsoft Azure offers numerous solutions that can shape the future of any business. However, the major challenge that architects and administrators face lies in implementing these solutions. </p><p>Implementing Azure Solutions helps you overcome this challenge by enabling you to implement Azure Solutions effectively. The book begins by guiding you in choosing the backend structure for your solutions. You will then work with the Azure toolkit and learn how to use Azure Managed Apps to share your solutions with the Azure service catalog. The book then focuses on various implementation techniques and best practices such as implementing Azure Cloud Services by configuring, deploying, and managing cloud services. As you progress through the chapters, you’ll learn how to work with Azure-managed Kubernetes and Azure Container Services. </p><p>By the end of the book, you will be able to build robust cloud solutions on Azure.</p>
Table of Contents (14 chapters)

Deploying a custom Azure AD

To understand how you deploy Azure AD, you need to understand that Azure AD is directly connected to your Azure subscription. So, the Azure account subscription administrator is always the first service administrator for your Azure environment. There can only be one account administrator per Azure subscription. The account administrator is the only one who can manage Azure AD and subscription connections. If you lose your administrator credentials or lose access to the administrator account, you can no longer manage your subscription.

You should therefore plan who will create your subscription and which account is the account administrator. To create a subscription, the subscription administrator must have a Microsoft account formerly known as a Live ID or Microsoft account, or an Azure AD account. This can be created, for example, through Office 365 before adding Azure agreements and subscription payments, or could be an account created and synchronized...