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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)

Creating an Azure resource group

The creation of an Azure resource group workflow is the first in a series of basic workflows, but also the most important. Why? A resource group is the central element of the ARM concept. Without an existing resource group, nothing works, and I mean not only individual services, but your complete Azure subscription. To create a resource group, perform the following steps:

  1. Open your Azure portal at https://portal.azure.com.
  2. In the portal, click on the Resource groups blade, as shown in the following screenshot:
  1. On the Resource groups blade, click on the Add option:
  1. On the Resource groups blade, type the following values. After that, click on the Create button:
    • Resource group name: acdppbook, as used in the following screenshot (or the name of your choice).
    • Subscription: Use the default subscription.
    • Resource group location: Select your preferred location:
  1. As soon as the resource group has been created, you can find it in the list...