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Implementing Azure Solutions

By : Florian Klaffenbach, Oliver Michalski, Jan-Henrik Damaschke
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Implementing Azure Solutions

By: Florian Klaffenbach, Oliver Michalski, Jan-Henrik Damaschke

Overview of this book

Microsoft Azure has numerous effective solutions that shape the future of any business. However, the major challenge that architects and administrators face are implementing these solutions appropriately. Our book focuses on various implementation scenarios that will help overcome the challenge of implementing Azure’s solutions in a very efficient manner and will also help you to prepare for Microsoft Architect exam. You will not only learn how to secure a newly deployed Azure Active Directory but also get to know how Azure Active Directory Synchronization could be implemented. To maintain an isolated and secure environment so that you can run your virtual machines and applications, you will implement Azure networking services. Also to manage, access, and secure your confidential data, you will implement storage solutions. Toward the end, you will explore tips and tricks to secure your environment. By the end, you will be able to implement Azure solutions such as networking, storage, and cloud effectively.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface

Azure Cloud Services versus other Azure PaaS offerings, such as Azure App Services


Azure Cloud Services and Azure App Services are parts of the PaaS offer from the Azure platform. Both services support applications that are scalable, reliable, and easy to handle. Both services are hosted in a VM. Is everything the same?

Of course not, because Azure Cloud Services also offer more possibilities for influencing the VM. These possibilities of influence are:

  • The selection of a Guest OS and an update level
  • The selection of an Azure series (that is, VM size)

In Cloud Services it is also possible to build a remote desktop connection to the VM for diagnose and troubleshoot issues. This is not possible in App Services

Let's take a closer look at these selections.

Selection of a Guest OS and an update level

What does this point mean?

The answer is really very simple: you can, if necessary, influence the OS edition (that is, the OS family) and the version (that is, the update level) for the host VM of your...