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A Developer's Guide to .NET in Azure

By : Anuraj Parameswaran, Tamir Al Balkhi
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A Developer's Guide to .NET in Azure

By: Anuraj Parameswaran, Tamir Al Balkhi

Overview of this book

A Developer’s Guide to .NET in Azure helps you embark on a transformative journey through Microsoft Azure that is tailored to .NET developers. This book is a curated compendium that’ll enable you to master the creation of resilient, scalable, and highly available applications. The book is divided into four parts, with Part 1 demystifying Azure for you and emphasizing the portal's utility and seamless integration. The chapters in this section help you configure your workspace for optimal Azure synergy. You’ll then move on to Part 2, where you’ll explore serverless computing, microservices, containerization, Dapr, and Azure Kubernetes Service for scalability, and build pragmatic, cost-effective applications using Azure Functions and Container apps. Part 3 delves into data and storage, showing you how to utilize Azure Blob Storage for unstructured data, Azure SQL Database for structured data, and Azure Cosmos DB for document-oriented data. The final part teaches you about messaging and security, utilizing Azure App Configuration, Event Hubs, Service Bus, Key Vault, and Azure AD B2C for robust, secure applications. By the end of this book, you’ll have mastered Azure's responsive infrastructure for exceptional applications.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
1
Part 1: An Introduction to Your Environment
3
Part 2: Serverless and Microservices
8
Part 3: Data and Storage
12
Part 4: Messaging Mechanisms and Security

Processing Data with Azure Event Hubs

Welcome to your one-stop resource to navigate the exciting world of Azure Event Hubs as a .NET developer!

At its core, Azure Event Hubs is Microsoft Azure’s response to the growing need for a robust big data streaming platform and event ingestion service. Picture your application generating millions of events every second. Now, imagine capturing, processing, and analyzing those events in real time.

In our rapidly digitizing world, the ability to process and analyze vast quantities of data in real time is no longer a luxury but a necessity. Applications for Internet of Things (IoT) devices, real-time analytics, and other digital services generate massive amounts of data. The key to success lies in harnessing, understanding, and making decisions based on this data. Azure Event Hubs can address this challenge for your .NET applications, allowing you to manage and analyze this torrent of information efficiently and effectively. Azure Event...