Learning Windows Azure

About This Book

• Build, deploy, and host scalable applications in the cloud using Windows Azure
• Enhance your mobile applications to receive notifications via the notifications Hub
• Features a full enterprise Azure case study with detailed examples and explanations

Who This Book Is For

If you are a developer interested in building systems for Microsoft Azure, with an understanding of efficient cloud-based application development, then this is the book for you.

What You Will Learn

• Design scalable, resilient systems for Azure
• Create MVC websites and cloud services
• Build Azure SQL Databases with Entity Framework Code First Migrations
• Use Azure Service Bus to decouple system tiers
• Integrate client applications with Web API and SignalR on Azure
• Build apps with mobile services and notifications hub
• Implement Azure Active Directory across the entire system

In Detail

This book guides you through the process of building a Microsoft Azure system based around a case study for an industrial bakery with three business domains. Starting with the system design and selection of the correct Azure services, the book progresses by building the system in scalable, decoupled tiers. The book will teach you how to implement a scalable architecture using Azure Service Bus topics, allowing customer orders to be sent between decoupled business domains and processed by scalable worker roles. Azure Active Directory is implemented across all internal systems in the case study including websites, client applications, and mobile applications to create a unified authentication experience.

This book will take you through the processes of developing, deploying, and maintaining Microsoft Azure hosted systems.