Azure Storage for Developers: Tables

Learn how to work with Azure Table storage, which allows developers to store structured NoSQL data in the cloud.

Azure Table storage tables allow developers to store structured NoSQL data in the cloud. In this installment of the Azure Storage for Developers series, learn how to most effectively leverage this cost-effective service. Instructor Anton Delsink explains how to create a storage account and take steps to configure security, including how to use shared access signatures and encrypt data at rest. He then introduces Azure Table storage, explaining how to create and query tables. Finally, he goes over Cosmos DB, a multi-modal database offering in Microsoft Azure that includes an API compatible with Azure Storage tables.

Introduction

• Introduction to Azure storage tables
• What you should know

1. Overview

• Azure Storage overview
• Create your first storage account
• Create a blob storage account
• Azure Storage Explorer

2. Security

• Shared key authentication
• Shared access signatures (SAS)
• Stored access policies
• Encryption at rest

3. Azure Storage Tables

• Introduction to Azure storage tables
• Connecting to and creating a table
• Creating entities
• Querying tables
• Schemaless queries
• Performance considerations

4. Azure CosmoDB

• Introduction to Cosmos DB
• Deploy Cosmos DB
• Tables API compatibility and capabilities
• Migrating tables API to Cosmos DB

Conclusion

• Next steps