Developing Long-Running Tasks with Microsoft Azure

Explore the core development processes for developing long-running tasks with Microsoft Azure.

Introduction

• Why long-running tasks matter
• What you should know

1. Azure Queues

• Message queue design pattern
• Azure storage queues overview
• Create a storage queue
• Using Azure storage queues
• Messages using storage queues
• Security of Azure storage queues
• Azure Service Bus overview
• Azure Service Bus queues overview
• Create an Azure Service Bus queue
• Using Azure Service Bus queues
• Messages using Service Bus queues
• Azure Service Bus queues security
• Secure Azure Service Bus queues
• Storage queues and Service Bus queues

2. Azure WebJobs

• Azure WebJobs overview
• Create a WebJob
• Schedule a WebJob
• Continuously running WebJobs
• Using WebJob SDK
• Sending Webhooks from WebJobs

3. Azure Functions and the Serverless Era

• What are Azure Functions?
• Create an Azure Function overview
• Create an Azure Function
• Triggers and bindings
• Azure WebJobs vs. Azure Functions

4. Large-Scale Parallel Compute

• What is Azure Batch?
• Running Azure Batch workloads
• How to monitor Azure Batch solutions
• Subscription and Azure Batch limits
• View Batch quotas

Conclusion

• Delete Azure resources
• Next steps