Teach yourself how to build and host scalable applications in the cloud using Windows Azure - one step at a time. Ideal for developers with prior Microsoft .NET programming experience, this tutorial provides practical, learn-by-doing exercises for working with the core services and features of the Windows Azure platform.
Your hands-on guide to Azure SQL Database fundamentals Expand your expertise—and teach yourself the fundamentals of Microsoft Azure SQL Database. If you have previous programming experience but are new to Azure, this tutorial delivers the step-by-step guidance and coding exercises you need to master core topics and techniques. Discover how to: Perform Azure setup and configuration Explore design and security considerations Use programming and reporting services Migrate data Backup and sync data Work with scalability and high performance Understand the differences between SQL Server and Microsoft Azure SQL Database
Microsoft Azure Essentials from Microsoft Press is a series of free ebooks designed to help you advance your technical skills with Microsoft Azure. The first ebook in the series, Microsoft Azure Essentials: Fundamentals of Azure, introduces developers and IT professionals to the wide range of capabilities in Azure. The authors - both Microsoft MVPs in Azure - present both conceptual and how-to content for key areas, including: Azure Websites and Azure Cloud Services Azure Virtual Machines Azure Storage Azure Virtual Networks Databases Azure Active Directory Management tools Business scenarios Watch Microsoft Press’s blog and Twitter (@MicrosoftPress) to learn about other free ebooks in the “Microsoft Azure Essentials” series.
Get started and learn a step-by-step approach to application development using Microsoft Azure. Select the right services to solve the problem at hand in a cost-effective manner and explore the potential different services and how they can help in building enterprise applications. Azure has an ample amount of resources and tutorials, but most of them focus on specific services and explain those services on their own and in a given context. Practical Azure Application Development focuses on building complete solutions on Azure using different services. This book gives you the holistic approach to Azure as a solutions development platform. This book: Covers Azure as a solution development platform for building applications Provides real-world examples to understand why and when an Azure service is required Discusses how Azure helps to achieve continuous improvement and expansion of an application Provides application development experience from purchasing Azure to integrating with core Azure services, including an introduction to DevOps with VSTS What You'll Learn Use Azure services to solve real-world software problems Define the usage of Azure services and select the right services to solve the problem at hand Make clear and less ambiguous decisions about using different Azure services Take a holistic approach to Azure as a solution platform Understand the basics of security, data protection, and cost controls in Azure Who This Book Is For Developers, software engineers, and architects who have experience in .NET and web development, but have little or no knowledge in planning and developing an application on Azure
This book has been written for the candidates who want to learn and use the Microsoft Azure cloud platform, candidates who have just started his career with Cloud services, who is already working with Azure cloud services. This is also dedicated for those who are preparing themselves for one of the most popular cloud certifications Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions Exam.This is mainly focused on the hands-on lab exercises and real-world best practices rather than deep theoretical and conceptual lectures. However, we have covered enough concept and theory part of each of the mentioned topic. There are hundreds of theoretical documentations are available on the Microsoft Azure official documentation site and few other sites on the Internet community. But, there are very few articles on the step by step how to guide to implement, use, and configure Azure Cloud services. This guide will help you to become handy and expert on most of the Microsoft Azure Cloud services that will help you start your career with Cloud technologies. However, this guide also contains various real world, enterprise-level, best practices to implement and use for the production services. These step by step lab exercises will help you to design a highly-secure, scalable, and well-architecture enterprise-level Cloud solutions and designs.We have covered the following topics in this guide along with step by step lab exercises:01. Cloud Computing Introduction02. Cloud Service Providers03. Types of Cloud04. Cloud Offering Classes05. Microsoft Azure Introduction06. Getting Started with Free Azure Subscription07. Getting Familiarized with Azure Portal Options08. Getting Azure Subscription Details09. Creating Administrative Users for Azure Cloud Management10. Enable Multi-Factor Authentication for Azure Accounts11. Azure Pricing Calculator12. Introduction Azure Virtual Network (vNet)13. Creating an Azure Virtual Network14. Introduction to Azure Resource Groups15. Managing Resource Groups16. Introduction Azure Virtual Machines17. Understanding Azure VM Series Types18. Creating Azure Virtual Machine19. Connecting Azure Virtual Machines20. Detailed Explanation of Azure Virtual Machine Options21. Configure Disk in Azure Virtual Machine22. Capturing VM Image in Azure Cloud23. Creating Azure VM from Captured Image24. Importing and Exporting Azure Virtual Machine25. Azure Network Security Group (NSG) 6726. Creating and Applying NSG for Azure Virtual Network27. Managing Azure Storage Services28. Working with Azure Storage Explorer29. Managing Azure Storage Using Azure CLI30. Working with Azure Files Share31. Mounting Azure Files Share32. Azure Database Storage Services33. Creating and Using Azure SQL Database34. Restoring Azure SQL Database35. Exporting Importing SQL Databases36. Azure Active Directory37. Azure Marketplace38. Working with Azure VPN Gateways39. Creating a Windows Server Virtual Machine40. Connecting Your Windows VM Using P2S VPN Gateway Securely41. Configuring vNet Peering Between Azure Virtual Networks42. Working with Load Balancers in Azure Cloud43. Configuring Azure Load Balancer44. Configuring VM Scale Set in Azure Cloud45. Configuring Application Gateway in Azure Cloud46. Configuring WAF in Azure Cloud47. Working with Azure Cloud Management Tools48. Managing Azure Account Using PowerShell49. Scheduling Auto and Stop Azure VMs
Discover and apply the Azure platform's most powerful data solutions Cloud technologies are advancing at an accelerating pace, supplanting traditional relational and data warehouse storage solutions with novel, high-value alternatives. Now, three pioneering Azure Data consultants offer an expert introduction to the relational, non-relational, and data warehouse solutions offered by the Azure platform. Drawing on their extensive experience helping organizations get more value from the Microsoft Data Platform, the authors guide you through decision-making, implementation, operations, security, and more. Throughout, step-by-step tutorials and hands-on exercises prepare you to succeed, even if you have no cloud data experience. Three leading experts in Microsoft Azure Data Solutions show how to: Master essential concepts of data storage and processing in cloud environments Handle the changing responsibilities of data engineers moving to the cloud Get started with Azure data storage accounts and other data facilities Walk through implementing relational and non-relational data stores in Azure Secure data using the least-permissions principle, Azure Active Directory, role-based access control, and other methods Develop efficient Azure batch processing and streaming solutions Monitor Azure SQL databases, blob storage, data lakes, Azure Synapse Analytics, and Cosmos DB Optimize Azure data solutions by solving problems with storage, management, and service interactions About This Book For data engineers, systems engineers, IT managers, developers, database administrators, cloud architects, and other IT professionals Requires little or no knowledge about Azure tools and services for data analysis
Prepare for Microsoft Exam 70-487—and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of developing Windows Azure and web services. Designed for experienced developers ready to advance their status, Exam Ref focuses on the critical-thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the Microsoft Specialist level. Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives: Accessing data Querying and manipulating data by using the Entity Framework Designing and implementing WCF Services Creating and consuming Web API-based services Deploying web applications and services This Microsoft Exam Ref: Organizes its coverage by exam objectives. Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you.
This book will expand students' expertise--and teach¿them¿the fundamentals of Microsoft Azure SQL Database. If students have previous programming experience but are new to Azure, this tutorial delivers the step-by-step guidance and coding exercises¿they need to master core topics and techniques.
This ebook walks you through a patterns-based approach to building real-world cloud solutions. The patterns apply to the development process as well as to architecture and coding practices. The content is based on a presentation developed by Scott Guthrie and delivered by him at the Norwegian Developers Conference (NDC) in June of 2013 (part 1, part 2), and at Microsoft Tech Ed Australia in September 2013 (part 1, part 2). Many others updated and augmented the content while transitioning it from video to written form. Who should read this book Developers who are curious about developing for the cloud, are considering a move to the cloud, or are new to cloud development will find here a concise overview of the most important concepts and practices they need to know. The concepts are illustrated with concrete examples, and each chapter includes links to other resources that provide more in-depth information. The examples and the links to additional resources are for Microsoft frameworks and services, but the principles illustrated apply to other web development frameworks and cloud environments as well. Developers who are already developing for the cloud may find ideas here that will help make them more successful. Each chapter in the series can be read independently, so you can pick and choose topics that you're interested in. Anyone who watched Scott Guthrie's "Building Real World Cloud Apps with Windows Azure" presentation and wants more details and updated information will find that here. Assumptions This ebook expects that you have experience developing web applications by using Visual Studio and ASP.NET. Familiarity with C# would be helpful in places.
Microsoft Azure Essentials from Microsoft Press is a series of free ebooks designed to help you advance your technical skills with Microsoft Azure. This third ebook in the series introduces Microsoft Azure Machine Learning, a service that a developer can use to build predictive analytics models (using training datasets from a variety of data sources) and then easily deploy those models for consumption as cloud web services. The ebook presents an overview of modern data science theory and principles, the associated workflow, and then covers some of the more common machine learning algorithms in use today. It builds a variety of predictive analytics models using real world data, evaluates several different machine learning algorithms and modeling strategies, and then deploys the finished models as machine learning web services on Azure within a matter of minutes. The ebook also expands on a working Azure Machine Learning predictive model example to explore the types of client and server applications you can create to consume Azure Machine Learning web services. Watch Microsoft Press’s blog and Twitter (@MicrosoftPress) to learn about other free ebooks in the Microsoft Azure Essentials series.