Azure for Architects

Overtheyears,Azurecloudserviceshavegrownquickly,andthenumberoforganizationsadoptingAzurefortheircloudservicesisalsograduallyincreasing.LeadingindustrygiantsarefindingthatAzurefulfillstheirextensivecloudrequirements.AzureforArchitects–SecondEditionstartswithanextensiveintroductiontomajordesigningandarchitecturalaspectsavailablewithAzure.Thesedesignpatternsfocusondifferentaspectsofthecloud,suchashighavailability,security,andscalability.Gradually,wemoveontootheraspects,suchasARMtemplatemodulardesignanddeployments.Thisistheageofmicroservicesandserverlessisthepreferredimplementationmechanismforthem.ThisbookcoverstheentireserverlessstackavailableinAzureincludingAzureEventGrid,AzureFunctions,andAzureLogicApps.Newandadvancefeatureslikedurablefunctionsarediscussedatlength.Acompleteintegrationsolutionusingtheseserverlesstechnologiesisalsopartofthebook.AcompletechapterdiscussesallpossibleoptionsrelatedtocontainersinAzureincludingAzureKubernetesservices,AzureContainerInstancesandRegistry,andWebAppforContainers.DatamanagementandintegrationisanintegralpartofthisbookthatdiscussesoptionsforimplementingOLTPsolutionsusingAzureSQL,BigDatasolutionsusingAzureDatafactoryandDataLakeStorage,eventingsolutionsusingstreamanalytics,andEventHubs.ThisbookwillprovideinsightsintoAzuregovernancefeaturessuchastagging,RBAC,costmanagement,andpolicies.Bytheendofthisbook,youwillbeabletodevelopafull-?edgedAzurecloudsolutionthatisEnterpriseclassandfuture-ready.