Chapter 1: Getting Started with Microsoft Azure
An overview of cloud computing
Selecting a Microsoft Azure solution
Administration of Microsoft Azure systems
Creating a Microsoft Azure account
Examining Microsoft Azure Services
Chapter 2: Designing a System for Microsoft Azure
Designing scalable and resilient systems
A case study of a small business system
A case study of an enterprise system – Azure Bakery
Designing platform environments
Chapter 3: Starting to Develop with Microsoft Azure
Preparing our development environment
Checking for Visual Studio updates
Configuring a website in the portal
Creating a Visual Studio Online project
Setting up continuous deployment
Chapter 4: Creating and Managing a Windows Azure SQL Server Database
Creating a database using the Azure management portal
Building a database using Entity Framework (EF) Code First Migrations
Managing SQL Azure Servers and databases
Backing up and restoring databases
Chapter 5: Building Azure MVC Websites
Implementing OAuth authentication
Completing the customer sales website
Adding a custom domain name to a website
Implementing an SSL certificate
Adding Azure AD single sign-on to a website
Implementing Azure AD group authorization
Completing the admin sales website
Chapter 6: Azure Website Diagnostics and Debugging
Chapter 7: Azure Service Bus Topic Integration
Introducing Azure Service Bus and topics
Creating a Service Bus topic
Connecting a website to the Service Bus topic
Exploring the topic workspace
Chapter 8: Building Worker Roles
Introducing cloud services
Building the production order processor
Creating a scheduled work activity
Completing the worker role
Testing the production order processor
Deleting idle cloud services
Chapter 9: Cloud Service Diagnostics, Debugging, and Configuration
Debugging with IntelliTrace
Remote desktop connection
Detecting configuration changes in code
Chapter 10: Web API and Client Integration
Building a Web API service
Modifying the Web API AD manifest
Adding a client application to AD
Building a client application
Chapter 11: Integrating a Mobile Application Using Mobile Services
Introducing Azure mobile services
Creating the customer Azure mobile service
Exploring the mobile service sample project
Creating a Windows Phone application
Updating the order processor
Updating the admin website
Creating the supply mobile service
Creating the supply Windows Store application
Chapter 12: Preparing an Azure System for Production
Project configurations for multiple environments
Building website deployment packages
Building cloud service deployment packages
Deploying web packages to Azure
Deploying cloud packages to Azure
Creating database scripts from Entity Framework Code First Migrations
Azure daily service checks
Azure periodic service activities