Implementing Azure Solutions

Get up and running with Azure services and learn how to implement them in your organization

Key Features

• Deploy Azure Services in a controlled and preconfigured environment
• Discover best practices and techniques for implementing Azure Solutions
• Build and deploy an app using Azure App Services

Book Description

Microsoft Azure offers numerous solutions that can shape the future of any business. However, the major challenge that architects and administrators face lies in implementing these solutions.

Implementing Azure Solutions helps you overcome this challenge by enabling you to implement Azure Solutions effectively. The book begins by guiding you in choosing the backend structure for your solutions. You will then work with the Azure toolkit and learn how to use Azure Managed Apps to share your solutions with the Azure service catalog. The book then focuses on various implementation techniques and best practices such as implementing Azure Cloud Services by configuring, deploying, and managing cloud services. As you progress through the chapters, you'll learn how to work with Azure-managed Kubernetes and Azure Container Services.

By the end of the book, you will be able to build robust cloud solutions on Azure.

What you will learn

• Create and manage a Kubernetes cluster in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Implement site-to-site VPN and ExpressRoute connections in your environment
• Explore the best practices in building and deploying app services
• Use Telemetry to monitor your Azure Solutions
• Design an Azure IoT solution and learn how to operate in different scenarios
• Implement a Hybrid Azure Design using Azure Stack

Who this book is for

If you're an IT architect, IT professional, or DevOps engineer who plans to implement Azure Solutions for your organization, this book is for you.

Florian Klaffenbach is currently working as Technology Solutions Professional at Microsoft. He is one of the well-known experts when it comes to hybrid cloud scenarios, cloud connectivity, and cloud environment optimization. Before he started at Microsoft, he worked at several companies in different roles, like as technical Community Manager and Solution Expert at Dell or Solutions Architect at CGI Germany. He is also one of Packt's authors and worked on books like Implementing Azure Solutions first and second edition and multi-cloud for architect. He spends his free time with his wife and little son and is currently waiting for his second son. Markus Klein is working as Technology Solution Specialist at Microsoft Germany, specialized on Azure and Hybrid Azure scenarios. He is passionate about Microsoft technology for more than 20 years, starting with System Center, Service Provider Foundation, KATAL, Azure Pack, Azure, and later Azure Stack. Before joining Microsoft he has been working as Architect at Microsoft Cloud Partners. In 2007 he founded a cloud community and was the co-founder of some Azure meetups, too. He has been recognized as an MVP in Cloud and datacenter management for seven years before he joined Microsoft. You can find him as a speaker at conferences in Europe and abroad. He likes to support the community and is a regular blogger. Sebastian Hoppe's passion for IT topics started almost 20 years ago with Linux derivates and Linux based server hosting. About 12 years ago his path led him to software development topics and he co-founded a software development company. Since then he can look back on a broad range of projects and topics and is still passionate about software development topics such as web-development and DevOps. Today he is working as a Lead IT Consultant and Architect for Azure and Office 365 and is involved in many projects in different business sectors. He is also a Microsoft Certified Trainer and likes to share his knowledge in training, workshops and as a speaker on events. You can follow him on twitter @_derhoppe. Oliver Michalski started in 1999 with his IT carrier as a Web Developer. Now, he is a Senior Software Engineer for Microsoft .NET and an SOA Architect. He also works as an Independent Enterprise Consultant in the field Microsoft Azure. When he started in 2011 with Microsoft Azure, there was no Azure Community on the German market. Therefore, Oliver founded the Azure Community Germany (ACD). Oliver is Chairman of the Azure Community Germany, and since April 2016 and July 2017, he has been a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for Microsoft Azure. Oliver is author (co-author) of Implementing Azure Solutions and Implementing Azure Cloud Design Patterns, both available from Packt Publishing. Jan-Henrik Damaschke is an IT Consultant for Security, Network, and Infrastructure from Germany. He was MVP awarded in the categories of Enterprise Security, PowerShell, and AzureStack. PKI implementation and management is one of his core competencies as well as cloud-related security. He writes articles on security-related topics and is involved in many community events as a speaker as well as an organizer. He is passionate about sharing knowledge with others. For this purpose, he is member of the Microsoft Student Partner program and is engaged on forums and on other platforms. He was also the author on the first edition of this book Implementing Azure Solutions.