Azure Essential Training for Developers

Introduction

• Azure for Developers

1. Cloud Fundamentals

• Cloud Models and Service Types

2. Core Azure Concepts

• What is an Azure Subscription?
• What is an Azure Resource Group?
• Using the Azure Resource Manager
• What is an Azure Region?
• What is an Azure Availability Zone?

3. Azure App Services

• What is an Azure App Service?
• Create an App Service to host an API

4. Azure Storage

• What is Azure Blob Storage?
• What is Cosmos DB?
• Using Azure SQL

5. Azure Functions

• What is an Azure Function?
• Create a Function with a BlobTrigger
• Other function trigger types
• When to use Durable Functions
• A closer look at Durable Functions

6. Virtual Machines and Batch

• Provision a Virtual Machine
• Azure Resource Manager templates
• What is Azure Batch?

7. Kubernetes and Containers in Azure

• Container and Kubernetes Basics
• Create a managed Kubernetes cluster
• Create, Publish image to Container Registry

8. Securing your applications

• Authentication options in Azure
• Role-Based vs Claims-Based Authorization
• What is Azure Key Vault?

9. Monitoring your applications

• Using Azure Monitor
• What is Application Insights?

10. Optimizing your applications

• Using Azure Redis for caching
• Using the Azure Content Delivery Network
• Kubernetes Service scaling strategies

Conclusion

• Next steps