Azure Integration Guide for Business : Master Effective Architecture Strategies for Business Innovation / Joshua Garverick [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garverick, Joshua, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Windows Azure.

Cloud computing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, England : Packt Publishing Ltd., [2023]

Biography/History:

Garverick Joshua: Joshua Garverick is a Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) and a seasoned IT professional with nearly two decades of enterprise experience in several large industries (finance, healthcare, transportation, and logistics). He specializes in Azure application and platform architecture and is currently involved with application modernization and digital transformation projects. Josh is a Microsoft Certified Solution Expert (MCSE) in Cloud Platform and Infrastructure, a certified Microsoft Azure Solution Architect Expert, and a Microsoft DevOps Engineer Expert. Lee Jack: Jack Lee is a Microsoft MVP and an Azure Certified Solutions Architect with a passion for software development, cloud, and DevOps innovations. He is an active Microsoft tech community contributor and has presented at various user groups and conferences, among them the Global Azure Bootcamp at Microsoft Canada. Jack is an experienced mentor and judge at hackathons and is also the president of a user group that focuses on Azure, DevOps, and software development. He has authored numerous books published by Packt, notably Azure for Architects, Azure Strategy and Implementation Guide, and Cloud Analytics with Microsoft Azure. In addition, he has earned multiple certifications including Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert and Microsoft DevOps Engineer Expert. Qin Melony: Melony Y. QIN, also known as CloudMelon, is the founder of CloudMelon Vis, a tech media and educational platform for technopreneurs in the cloud-native and serverless space, and a former product manager at Microsoft. With a passion for cloud-native technologies, OSS, DevOps, Kubernetes, serverless, data, and AI, Melony has authored multiple books, including the Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Exam Guide, the Kubernetes Workshop, and Microsoft Azure Infrastructure, all published by Packt Publishing. Melony is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Project Management Institute (PMI), leveraging her extensive experience with diverse cloud technologies to drive innovation in the cloud-native, serverless, and generative AI space. She runs the CloudMelonVis YouTube channel and Cloud-Native Innovators newsletter, read by professionals from top tech companies such as Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Dell, and Carrefour. Williams Trevoir: Trevoir Williams is a passionate software and systems engineer with a strong drive to share his knowledge globally. He holds a Master's degree in Computer Science, majoring in Software Development, and boasts several Microsoft Azure Certifications. Trevoir's extensive work experience encompasses software consulting, engineering, database development, cloud systems, server administration, and lecturing. Beyond his technical prowess, he is also a musician. Trevoir enjoys teaching IT and development skills, guiding students to acquire the latest industry knowledge with practical applications, ensuring they stay ahead in the modern tech landscape.

Summary:

Leverage the cloud to optimize costs, improve security, and seamlessly scale your business operations Key Features Achieve your operational goals with Azure infrastructure Optimize costs with serverless event-driven solutions through Azure cloud patterns Boost productivity with Azure architecture's flexibility and scalability Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook Book Description Azure Integration Guide for Business is essential for decision makers planning to transform their business with Microsoft Azure. The Microsoft Azure cloud platform can improve the availability, scalability, and cost-efficiency of any business. The guidance in this book will help decision makers gain valuable insights into proactively managing their applications and infrastructure. You'll learn to apply best practices in Azure Virtual Network and Azure Storage design, ensuring an efficient and secure cloud infrastructure. You'll also discover how to automate Azure through Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and leverage various Azure services to support OLTP applications. Next, you'll explore how to implement Azure offerings for event-driven architectural solutions and serverless applications. Additionally, you'll gain in-depth knowledge on how to develop an automated, secure, and scalable solutions. Core elements of the Azure ecosystem will be discussed in the final chapters of the book, such as big data solutions, cost governance, and best practices to help you optimize your business. By the end of this book, you'll understand what a well-architected Azure solution looks like and how to lead your organization toward a tailored Azure solution that meets your business needs. What you will learn Optimize the performance and costs with Azure Select an effective, scalable, and flexible solution that aligns with your needs Harness the power of containers to drive your application development and deployment Create big data solutions with the best Azure tools, platforms, and resources Explore the benefits of automation for enhanced productivity Improve the availability and effectiveness of monitoring with Azure Who this book is for This book is for business decision makers looking to benefit from the flexibility, scalability, and optimized costs offered by Microsoft Azure to scale their businesses. Basic knowledge of Azure is recommended to get the most out of this book.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright and Credits

Contributors

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: Unlock New Opportunities with Azure

Why many decision makers choose Azure

Understanding segregation of responsibility in different Azure cloud models

IaaS

PaaS

SaaS

How to get started with Azure

Step 1: Understand your business needs

Step 2: Create an Azure account

Step 3: Familiarize yourself with the Azure portal

Step 4: Choose your services and solutions

Step 5: Monitor and optimize your usage

Understanding the Azure subscription models

Free tier

Pay-as-you-go

Azure for Students

Enterprise Agreement (EA)

Cloud Solution Provider (CSP)

Microsoft Partner Network (MPN)

Summary

Chapter 2: Achieve Availability, Scalability, and Monitoring with Azure

Importance of achieving high availability with Azure

Understanding high availability with Azure

Planned maintenance

Unplanned maintenance

Application deployment architecture

Achieving high availability on Azure

Load balancing options in Azure

How to choose the most suitable load balancing option in Azure

Availability sets and availability zones

Replica sets

Why achieving scalability with Azure is important

Scalability versus performance

Autoscaling

IaaS scalability

Azure virtual machine scale sets

PaaS scalability

Azure App Service autoscaling

Azure Functions

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Azure Container Apps

Azure Container Instances

How to choose your IaaS and PaaS compute service

Why do we need monitoring with Azure?

Understanding monitoring with Azure

Azure Monitor

Azure Application Insights

Azure Log Analytics

Azure Network Watcher

Azure Advisor

Azure status

Azure Service Health

Chapter 3: Cloud Architecture Design Patterns.

The importance of good architectural design

Scalability and elasticity

Resilience and high availability

Security and compliance

Cost efficiency and maintainability

Azure Virtual Network design

Architecting VNets

VNet peering

Site-to-site VPN

Point-to-site VPN

ExpressRoute

Azure Application Gateway

Azure Storage design

Storage design patterns

Azure design patterns related to messaging

Messaging patterns

Azure Service Bus

Azure Event Grid

Functions as a service

Azure Durable Functions

Azure solution design best practices

Performance

Security

Resilience

Scalability/availability

Cost management

Chapter 4: Azure Network Infrastructure and Design

Core networking patterns

Public facing

Virtual network isolation

Peering and network protection

Hub and spoke

Networking components

Core network connectivity

Traffic routing

Enterprise network security

Common cloud networking scenarios

Enterprise networks

Micro-segmentation

Virtual Network Appliances (VNAs) and security perimeters

Capacity planning

Failover and disaster recovery

Monitoring and troubleshooting

Chapter 5: Automating Architecture on Azure

Introduction

The importance of defining infrastructure using code

Why do we need to consider automating architectures on Azure using IaC?

Why is it important to define infrastructure using code rather than manual processes?

Understanding IaC

Two approaches to implementing IaC

Azure Resource Manager templates

Benefits of ARM templates

Automating deployments with ARM templates

Bicep

Benefits of Bicep

Automating deployments with Bicep

Terraform

Benefits of Terraform

Automating deployments with Terraform

Comparing ARM templates, Bicep, and Terraform.

Creating reusable IaC modules

Bicep modules

Terraform modules

Automating Azure landing zone provisioning with IaC

Azure landing zone accelerators

Azure landing zone - Bicep modules

Azure landing zone - Terraform modules

Why should we use IaC to build Azure landing zones?

Maintaining a complete history of infrastructure changes

Testing environments

Catching configuration drifts

Gaining higher confidence

Managing multiple environments

Better understanding your cloud resources

Reducing effort

Reducing errors

Best practices for automating architectures on Azure

Best practices for using IaC

Chapter 6: Optimize Performance with Azure OLTP Solutions

OLTP applications

Transactional data

Traits and properties

Use cases for OLTP

Relational databases

OLTP in Azure

Azure SQL Database

Azure SQL Managed Instance

Azure Cosmos DB

Azure Database for PostgreSQL

Azure Database for MySQL

Choosing the right service

Scenarios for analytics

Transactional querying

Datamarts and data warehouses

Azure Synapse Analytics

Azure Databricks

Cost optimization

DTU-based pricing

vCore-based pricing

Request units (RUs)

Reserved capacity

How to choose the appropriate pricing model

Chapter 7: Designing Serverless Architecture Solutions in Azure

Understanding the serverless platform in Microsoft Azure

Building serverless apps with Azure Functions

Use cases and scenarios

Language runtime

Triggers and bindings

Hosting plans

Performance and scale

Business continuity

Building stateful workloads with Durable Functions

Language support

Function types

Storage providers

Data persistence and serialization

Automating workflows with Azure Logic Apps

Integrating apps with Azure Event Grid.

Building event-driven architecture

Building an event-driven serverless solution

Chapter 8: Deploying, Managing, and Scaling Containers with Azure Kubernetes Service

Understanding containers and Kubernetes

Container concepts

Kubernetes concepts

Upstream vanilla Kubernetes

Managed Kubernetes

Understanding Kubernetes cluster architecture

Upstream vanilla Kubernetes architecture

AKS cluster architecture

Add-ons, extensions, and third-party integrations

Deploying applications on AKS

Kubernetes primitives

Application life cycle management

Helm

Understanding AKS networking

Kubernetes networking basics

kubenet

CNI

Network policy

Understanding AKS cluster security

Build security

Registry security

Cluster security

Node security

Network security

Application security

Demystifying managed AKS - Azure Container Apps

Dapr - Distributed Application Runtime

KEDA - Kubernetes Event-Driven Autoscaling

Key scenarios

Simplifying container deployment with Azure Container Instances

Advantages

Chapter 9: Designing Big Data Solutions with Azure

Why do we need big data solutions?

Designing big data solutions

Data warehousing

Data analytics

IoT and telemetry

Utilizing AI for intelligent solutions

Azure Machine Learning

Azure Cognitive Services

Azure Bot Service

Designing intelligent solutions

Chapter 10: Architecting Secure Applications on a Trusted Platform

The Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure

Azure security services

Azure AD

Managed identities and service principals

Azure Key Vault

Azure security policies and locks

Azure resource locks

How does Azure Policy work?

Why tag resources?

Exploring RBAC protections.

Microsoft Cybersecurity Reference Architecture

Microsoft Purview

Azure infrastructure security

Network security groups

Azure Firewall

Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF)

Azure landing zones

Chapter 11: Cost Governance on Azure

Understanding Azure subscription plans and offers

Cost optimization features

Understanding Cost Management + Billing on Azure

Azure cost calculators

Best practices for cost optimization and governance

Optimizing Platform as a Service (PaaS) costs

General best practices

Chapter 12: Conclusion

Chapter 1, Unlock New Opportunities with Azure

Chapter 2, Achieve Availability, Scalability, and Monitoring with Azure

Chapter 3, Cloud Architecture Design Patterns

Chapter 4, Azure Network Infrastructure and Design

Chapter 5, Automating Architecture on Azure

Chapter 6, Optimize Performance with Azure OLTP Solutions

Chapter 7, Designing Serverless Architecture Solutions in Azure

Chapter 8, Deploying, Managing, and Scaling Containers with Azure Kubernetes Service

Chapter 9, Designing Big Data Solutions with Azure

Chapter 10, Architecting Secure Applications on a Trusted Platform

Chapter 11, Cost Governance on Azure

Index

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Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781837636549

1837636540

OCLC:

1401907460