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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

Summary

Congratulations on completing your first chapter on your Azure development journey! By now, you should have a solid understanding of how to set up your development environment, configure Visual Studio for Azure development, and create your first Azure project. These skills will serve as a foundation for your future Azure development work.

Remember, Azure is a powerful cloud platform with many services and solutions. By continuing to learn about and explore Azure, you can take advantage of its many benefits, including scalability, flexibility, and cost savings.

We hope this chapter has provided you with a valuable introduction to Azure development and inspired you to continue learning and exploring the world of cloud computing. The next chapter will dive deeper into Azure services and show you how to develop applications using some core services. In the next chapter, you will learn about containers, installing Docker, and building applications with container support. So, stay tuned and keep learning!