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Microsoft Azure Development Cookbook Second Edition

Over 70 advanced recipes for developing scalable services with the Microsoft Azure platform

Microsoft Azure Development Cookbook Second Edition

Roberto Freato, Neil Mackenzie
September 2014

Over 70 advanced recipes for developing scalable services with the Microsoft Azure platform

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ISBN 139781782170327

Paperback422 pages

Book Description

Beginning with the development of cloud services for Microsoft Azure, this practical Cookbook will show you the building blocks of Azure, focusing on why we should use one or the other, and when to use them appropriately. Even though reading the entire book will give you an advanced overview of the main blocks of the Azure platform, each chapter is self-contained. So, even an inexperienced reader could jump from one chapter to another without reading the entire book. Each chapter is organized into recipes—standalone units of practical tasks to complete that involve a specific feature/service of the platform.

This book tries to provide a comprehensive overview of the main aspects of the Azure platform from the point of view of a developer. Some building blocks such as virtual machines are deliberately avoided to focus on development tools, development libraries, and development strategies. This is a recipe-based book; expect to dirty your hands with code that is also outside the boundaries of the recipe, as you would do with food in a real recipe!

Chapter 1: Developing Cloud Services for Microsoft Azure

Introduction

Setting up solutions and projects to work with Cloud Services

Debugging a Cloud Service locally with either Emulator or Emulator Express

Publishing a Cloud Service with options from Visual Studio

Debugging a Cloud Service remotely with Visual Studio

Configuring the service model for a Cloud Service

Providing a custom domain name for a Cloud Service

Implementing HTTPS in a web role

Using local storage in an instance

Hosting multiple websites in a web role

Using startup tasks in a Microsoft Azure role

Handling changes to the configuration and topology of a Cloud Service

Managing upgrades and changes to a Cloud Service

Configuring diagnostics in Cloud Services

Chapter 2: Deploying Quickly with Azure Websites

Introduction

Deploying a Website

Administering and monitoring a Website

Source versioning and continuous integration with Git and TFS

Logging abstraction from .NET and PHP

Deploying Java with Azure Websites

Chapter 3: Getting Storage with Blobs in Azure

Introduction

Managing the Azure Storage service

Connecting to the Azure Storage service

Connecting to the storage emulator

Managing access control for containers and blobs

Creating a shared access signature for a container or blob

Using a container-level access policy

Setting properties and metadata for a blob

Using blob directories

Creating and using a blob snapshot

Creating and using the root container for blobs

Uploading blocks to a block blob

Uploading a VHD into a page blob

Downloading a blob asynchronously

Using retry policies with blob operations

Leasing a blob and implementing distributed locks

Using the Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN)

Chapter 4: Going Relational with the Azure SQL Database

Introduction

Creating a SQL Database server and database

Managing SQL Database logins and firewall rules

Developing a SQL Database with Visual Studio

Connecting to a SQL Database with ADO.NET

Connecting to a SQL Database with Entity Framework

Connecting to a SQL Database from PHP and Java

Migrating a database to a SQL Database

Leveraging backup solutions with SQL Database

Monitoring SQL Database with the dynamic management views

Handling connection failures to a SQL Database

Chapter 5: Going NoSQL with Azure Tables

Introduction

Creating a table

Inserting, updating, deleting, and querying data against the Table service

Using entity group transactions

Using continuation tokens and server-side paging

Going inside continuation tokens and segmented queries

Handling entity serialization events

Facilitating NoSQL with client-side projection

Chapter 6: Messaging and Queues with the Storage and Service Bus

Introduction

Managing Azure Storage queues

Managing Azure Service Bus queues

Adding messages to a Storage queue

Adding messages to a Service Bus queue

Receiving messages with Storage queues

Receiving messages with Service Bus queues

Implementing publish/subscribe with Service Bus topics

Implementing relayed messaging with the Service Bus

Communication between .NET and Java with the Service Bus and AMQP

Chapter 7: Managing Azure Resources with the Azure Management Libraries

Introduction

Setting up the management client

Managing the Storage service

Deploying Cloud Services

Inspecting and managing Cloud Services

Managing and using the Azure Scheduler

Monitoring and automating infrastructure operations

Automating SQL Database operations

Using Azure PowerShell

Chapter 8: Going In-memory with Azure Cache

Introduction

Building a simple cache for applications

Using local cache and notifications

Diagnosing cache and optimizing performance

Using advanced caching features

Using Redis Cache in Azure

What You Will Learn

Deploy a web application and worker processes to a scalable infrastructure
Accelerate the life cycle of a web application without lock-in
Implement scalable solutions for storage data with Blobs
Develop a solution with a relational backend with SQL Database
Evaluate NoSQL alternatives with Azure Table Service
Implement messaging solutions with Queues, scaling, and decoupling systems
Automate management operations by developing components for the Azure Management API
Power up the existing infrastructure with in-memory storage with Azure Cache

Authors

Roberto Freato

Roberto Freato has been an independent IT consultant since he started to work. Working for small software factories while he was studying, after his M.Sc. in Computer Science Engineering with his thesis on Consumer Cloud Computing, he got specialization in Cloud and Azure. Today, he works as a freelance consultant for major companies in Italy, helping clients design and kick off their distributed software solutions. He trains the developer community in his free time, speaking at many conferences. He has been a Microsoft MVP since 2010.

Neil Mackenzie

Neil Mackenzie has worked with computers for nearly 3 decades. He started his computer career doing large-scale numerical simulations for scientific research and business planning. Since then, he has primarily been involved in healthcare software and developing electronic medical record systems. He has been using Microsoft Azure since PDC 2008 and has used nearly all parts of the Microsoft Azure platform, including those parts that no longer exist. Neil is very active in the online Microsoft Azure community, contributing to the MSDN Microsoft Azure forums in particular. He is a Microsoft MVP for Microsoft Azure.

Chapter 1: Developing Cloud Services for Microsoft Azure

Introduction

Setting up solutions and projects to work with Cloud Services

Debugging a Cloud Service locally with either Emulator or Emulator Express

Publishing a Cloud Service with options from Visual Studio

Debugging a Cloud Service remotely with Visual Studio

Configuring the service model for a Cloud Service

Providing a custom domain name for a Cloud Service

Implementing HTTPS in a web role

Using local storage in an instance

Hosting multiple websites in a web role

Using startup tasks in a Microsoft Azure role

Handling changes to the configuration and topology of a Cloud Service

Managing upgrades and changes to a Cloud Service

Configuring diagnostics in Cloud Services

Chapter 2: Deploying Quickly with Azure Websites

Introduction

Deploying a Website

Administering and monitoring a Website

Source versioning and continuous integration with Git and TFS

Logging abstraction from .NET and PHP

Deploying Java with Azure Websites

Chapter 3: Getting Storage with Blobs in Azure

Introduction

Managing the Azure Storage service

Connecting to the Azure Storage service

Connecting to the storage emulator

Managing access control for containers and blobs

Creating a shared access signature for a container or blob

Using a container-level access policy

Setting properties and metadata for a blob

Using blob directories

Creating and using a blob snapshot

Creating and using the root container for blobs

Uploading blocks to a block blob

Uploading a VHD into a page blob

Downloading a blob asynchronously

Using retry policies with blob operations

Leasing a blob and implementing distributed locks

Using the Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN)

Chapter 4: Going Relational with the Azure SQL Database

Introduction

Creating a SQL Database server and database

Managing SQL Database logins and firewall rules

Developing a SQL Database with Visual Studio

Connecting to a SQL Database with ADO.NET

Connecting to a SQL Database with Entity Framework

Connecting to a SQL Database from PHP and Java

Migrating a database to a SQL Database

Leveraging backup solutions with SQL Database

Monitoring SQL Database with the dynamic management views

Handling connection failures to a SQL Database

Chapter 5: Going NoSQL with Azure Tables

Introduction

Creating a table

Inserting, updating, deleting, and querying data against the Table service

Using entity group transactions

Using continuation tokens and server-side paging

Going inside continuation tokens and segmented queries

Handling entity serialization events

Facilitating NoSQL with client-side projection

Chapter 6: Messaging and Queues with the Storage and Service Bus

Introduction

Managing Azure Storage queues

Managing Azure Service Bus queues

Adding messages to a Storage queue

Adding messages to a Service Bus queue

Receiving messages with Storage queues

Receiving messages with Service Bus queues

Implementing publish/subscribe with Service Bus topics

Implementing relayed messaging with the Service Bus

Communication between .NET and Java with the Service Bus and AMQP

Chapter 7: Managing Azure Resources with the Azure Management Libraries

Introduction

Setting up the management client

Managing the Storage service

Deploying Cloud Services

Inspecting and managing Cloud Services

Managing and using the Azure Scheduler

Monitoring and automating infrastructure operations

Automating SQL Database operations

Using Azure PowerShell

Chapter 8: Going In-memory with Azure Cache

Introduction

Building a simple cache for applications

Using local cache and notifications

Diagnosing cache and optimizing performance

Using advanced caching features

Using Redis Cache in Azure

Book Details

ISBN 139781782170327

Paperback422 pages

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Microsoft Azure Development Cookbook Second Edition

Microsoft Azure Development Cookbook Second Edition

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Table of Contents

What You Will Learn