Build large-scale mission-critical hardened applications on the Azure cloud platform. This 2nd
edition provides information on the newer features in Azure such as Linux extensions and
supporting Azure Services such as HDInsight and SQL Server on Linux. Updated with new
applications Hardening Azure Applications also discusses Scale Sets (VMSS) a major upgrade
that enables autoscaling and seamlessly makes machines ready for high availability. The authors
take you step by step through the process of evaluating and building applications with the
appropriate hardness attributes. After a small introduction to cloud computing you will learn
about various cloud and hardened cloud applications in detail. Next you will discover service
fundamentals such as instrumentation telemetry and monitoring followed by key application
experiences. Further you will cover availability and the economics of 9s. Towards the end you
will see how to secure your application and learn about the modernization of software
organisations a new topic in this edition. After reading this book you will master the
techniques and engineering principles that every architect and developer needs to know to
harden their Azure .NET applications to ensure maximum reliability and high availability when
deployed at scale. What You Will Learn Use techniques and principles to harden Azure .NET
applications Secure your applications on Azure Create a scale set on Azure Work with service
fundamentals such as instrumentation telemetry and monitoring Who This Book Is For Developers
and IT professionals who are working on Azure applications.
