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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

In this chapter, we delved into the essentials of Azure Functions and Azure Container Apps for .NET developers. As we broadened our understanding of serverless computing, we also discovered the utility of Azure Functions triggers and bindings and addressed the important aspect of security within these functions. Our journey included the hands-on experience of deploying containerized applications using Azure Container Apps, providing practical knowledge to effectively utilize Azure’s vast service landscape.

As we advance to the next chapter, we are poised to explore Azure Blob Storage. This new chapter will unravel the workings of Azure’s robust, cost-effective cloud storage solution for handling vast amounts of unstructured data. Whether you’re dealing with images, documents, or log files, mastering Blob Storage is an invaluable addition to your Azure toolkit. So, prepare yourself for a deep dive into Azure Blob Storage, as you continue to enhance your...