Learning Microsoft Azure: Cloud Computing and Development Fundamentals

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If your organization plans to modernize services and move to the cloud from legacy software or a private cloud on premises, this book is for you. Software developers, solution architects, cloud engineers, and anybody interested in cloud technologies will learn fundamental concepts for cloud computing, migration, transformation, and development using Microsoft Azure. Author and Microsoft MVP Jonah Carrio Andersson guides you through cloud computing concepts and deployment models, the wide range of modern cloud technologies, application development with Azure, team collaboration services, security services, and cloud migration options in Microsoft Azure. You'll gain insight into the Microsoft Azure cloud services that you can apply in different business use cases, software development projects, and modern solutions in the cloud. You'll also become fluent with Azure cloud migration services, serverless computing technologies that help your development team work productively, Azure IoT, and Azure cognitive services that make your application smarter. This book also provides real-world advice and best practices based on the author's own Azure migration experience. Gain insight into which Azure cloud service best suits your company's particular needs Understand how to use Azure for different use cases and specific technical requirements Start developing cloud services, applications, and solutions in the Azure environment Learn how to migrate existing legacy applications to Microsoft Azure Preface Why I Wrote This Book Who Should Read This Book What You Will Learn Navigating This Book PART I Fundamentals of Cloud Computing and Microsoft Azure PART II The Cloud Computing Services in Microsoft Azure PART III Azure Integration, Continuous Delivery/Continuous Integration (CI/CD), Infrastructure as Code and DevOps in Microsoft Azure PART IV Cloud Management, Governance, Migration and Architecture in Microsoft Azure PART V The Cloud Computing Service in Microsoft Azure Check Self-Knowledge Learning Resources and Further Readings What This Book Is Not Conventions Used in This Book Using Code Examples O’Reilly Online Learning How to Contact Us Acknowledgments 1. Cloud Computing Fundamentals What is Cloud Computing Benefits of Cloud in Software Engineering and IT How Cloud Works? Cloud Computing vs. Virtualization Cloud Hypervisor - The Key to Virtualization in the Cloud Evolution of Cloud Computing Our Journey to use Modern Cloud Different of Types of Cloud Computing Deployment Models Public Cloud Private Cloud Community Cloud Hybrid Cloud What is Multi-Cloud? Hybrid Cloud vs. MultiClouds Public Cloud Computing Providers Microsoft Azure Amazon (AWS) Google Cloud Platform Oracle Cloud Alibaba Cloud Cloud Computing Service Models Infrastructure as a Services (IaaS) Platform as a Services (PaaS) Software as a Services (SaaS) Serverless Computing - Function as a Service and Backend as a Service Containers as a Service Data as a Service(DaaS) Shared Responsibility in Cloud Computing Shared Responsibility Model offers Cloud Security Advantages Capital Expeditures and Operational Expeditures Benefits of Adopting and Transformation to Modern Cloud Technologies Summary Check Your Knowledge Answers 2. Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Microsoft Azure as a Public Cloud Provider Microsoft Azure Helps Organizations with Minimize Upfront Costs Benefits of a Cloud Provider Azure Portal Features of Azure Portal Microsoft Azure Services Overview of the Core Services of Microsoft Azure Compute Services in Azure Networking Services in Azure Core Azure Storage Services Core Azure Database Services Identity Management and Security Services Developer Tools, Monitoring, and DevOps Services Cloud Migration and Hybrid + Multicloud Cloud Services Core Architecture and Resource Management Concepts in Microsoft Azure Azure Management Groups Azure Subscriptions Azure Resource Groups Azure Resources Azure Resource Manager Azure Geographies, Regions, Region Pairs, and Azure Availability Zones Azure Geographies Azure Regions Azure Region Pairs Azure Availability Zones Cost Management in Microsoft Azure Basic Concepts of User Identities, Roles, Active Directories in Azure Azure Role-Based Access Control (Azure RBAC) Learn by Doing (Try it out!) Microsoft Azure Portal Hands-On Summary Key Points Check Your Knowledge Answers Recommended Resources