Master best practices for success with all aspects of Azure cloud storage For cloud
environments to operate and scale as they should their storage components must be designed and
configured well. Now there's a complete best-practice guide to designing deploying and
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consultant Avinash Valiramani shows how to make the most of Azure storage tools and services to
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fi le queue storage managed disks Data Share Data Box and more. Whatever your role in
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application data streaming content logs backups and archival data Replace traditional
on-premise file servers with Azure Files to provide scalable shared fi le storage services over
SMB and NFS Implement Managed Disks to provide scalable secure and redundant disks for
virtual machines in Azure Promote scalability and resilience in large distributed applications
with Azure Queue Storage Import export large data volumes across Azure storage services with
Azure Data Box Establish secure automated and manageable global data sharing with Azure Data
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administrators or architects at all levels of Azure experience Especially useful to IT pros in
mid- to large-sized organizations who have deployed operated monitored upgraded migrated
or designed cloud services Also look for these Definitive Guides to Azure success: Microsoft
Azure Compute: The Definitive Guide Microsoft Azure Networking: The Definitive Guide Microsoft
Azure Monitoring and Management: The Definitive Guide
