Enhance your career as an Azure architect with cutting-edge tools, expert guidance, and resources from industry leaders
Key Features
- Develop your business case for the cloud with technical guidance from industry experts
- Address critical business challenges effectively by leveraging proven combinations of Azure services
- Tackle real-world scenarios by applying practical knowledge of reference architectures
- Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook
Book Description
Azure is a sophisticated technology that requires a detailed understanding to reap its full potential and employ its advanced features. This book provides you with a clear path to designing optimal cloud-based solutions in Azure, by delving into the platform's intricacies.
Youβll begin by understanding the effective and efficient security management and operation techniques in Azure to implement the appropriate configurations in Microsoft Entra ID. Next, youβll explore how to modernize your applications for the cloud, examining the different computation and storage options, as well as using Azure data solutions to help migrate and monitor workloads. Youβll also find out how to build your solutions, including containers, networking components, security principles, governance, and advanced observability. With practical examples and step-by-step instructions, youβll be empowered to work on infrastructure-as-code to effectively deploy and manage resources in your environment.
By the end of this book, youβll be well-equipped to navigate the world of cloud computing confidently.
What you will learn
- Implement and monitor cloud ecosystem including, computing, storage, networking, and security
- Recommend optimal services for performance and scale
- Provide, monitor, and adjust capacity for optimal results
- Craft custom Azure solution architectures
- Design computation, networking, storage, and security aspects in Azure
- Implement and maintain Azure resources effectively
Who this book is for
This book is an indispensable resource for Azure architects looking to develop cloud-based services along with deploying and managing applications within the Microsoft Azure ecosystem. It caters to professionals responsible for crucial IT operations, encompassing budgeting, business continuity, governance, identity management, networking, security, and automation. If you have prior experience in operating systems, virtualization, infrastructure, storage structures, or networking, and aspire to master the implementation of best practices in the Azure cloud, then this book will become your go-to guide.
Table of Contents
- Identity Foundations with Azure Active Directory and Microsoft Entra
- Managing Access to Resources Using Azure Active Directory
- Using Microsoft Sentinel to Mitigate Lateral Movement Paths
- Understanding Azure Data Solutions
- Migrating to the Cloud
- End-to-End Observability in Your Cloud and Hybrid Environments
- Working with Containers in Azure
- Understanding Networking in Azure
- Securing Access to Your Applications
- Governance in Azure β Components and Services
- Building Solutions in Azure Using the Bicep Language
- Using Azure Pipelines to Build Your Infrastructure in Azure
- Continuous Integration and Deployment in Azure DevOps
- Tips from the Field