welcome
You are pretty special, you know that? You are one of the very first amazing people to have a peek at my upcoming book, Microsoft Azure in Action. This book isn’t like any other tech book. At least not entirely. It is a journey into cloud computing where you are at the center. I am here to convey over 10 years of Microsoft Azure experience to you in a way that is free of jargon and fluff.
I first started using cloud computing to explore a way to offload inconsistent workloads to a service that could scale up and down at a moment’s notice. Since then, the services on Azure have grown exponentially to include machine learning, data analytics, big data, large security application and so much more. However, at the core is still compute, networking and storage. It is with explaining that foundation I start the book to make sure you also get off on your cloud journey with the right tools from the start.
The book has four parts. Part 1 of the book introduces Azure to your world, what are the benefits and advantages of cloud computing, as well as going straight into building a photo resizing app with serverless. Yes, really. Part 2 is all about those fundamentals, and getting them nailed down, as the rest of the book builds on them. Part 3 is managing data in all the various ways that Azure offers (there are many flavors). Finally, part 4 is about DevOps, security, and performance.