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Learn Microsoft Azure

By : Mohamed Waly
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Learn Microsoft Azure

By: Mohamed Waly

Overview of this book

Azure is one of the leading public cloud service providers. Thanks to a number of Azure service updates, it continues to make advances in the realm of cloud computing. Learn Microsoft Azure starts with the fundamentals of cloud computing. You will learn to configure and set up the Azure infrastructure. As you make your way through the book, you'll explore Azure services, along with working on virtual memory systems (VMS) and deployment models. You will understand various services in the Azure ecosystem, such as Azure IoT and Azure Analytics, among others. An easy-to-follow introduction to various cloud design patterns will also add to your efficiency in designing cloud solutions. In the concluding chapters, you'll secure your virtual networks using Network security groups and configure Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) to set a custom domain name and company profile. By the end of this book, you will have learned to secure and troubleshoot your Azure cloud environment and be fully aware of best practices for Azure cloud administration.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)

Introduction to Microsoft Azure Storage

Azure Storage is the bedrock of Microsoft's core storage solution offering in Azure. No matter what solution you are building for the cloud, you'll find find Azure Storage to be essential.

Azure Storage is a very scalable and highly available solution. You can store up to hundreds of terabytes of data. The data stored in Azure Storage is protected from corruption or loss because Azure Storage provides a highly available storage service that ensures that your data will be available, even if the primary storage server gets damaged.

Why use Azure Storage?

There are many reasons for using Azure Storage, which will be covered throughout this book. Some of them are listed here:

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