Exploring Performance and Scale with Data Options in Azure

Learn about options for working with data in Microsoft Azure, as well as how to best leverage these options for modern cloud apps.

Introduction

• Azure data options for modern cloud apps
• What you should know
• Exercise files and the demo app

1. Building Modern Data Applications

• Data management systems
• Modern data applications
• Create a modern data application
• Becoming a cloud app
• Azure Blueprints and landing zones
• Infrastructure deploy
• Challenge: Create a blueprint
• Solution: Create a blueprint

2. Working with SQL Azure

• SQL Azure overview
• Provisioning SQL Azure database
• Designing for relational
• Entity Framework and SQL
• Data migrations and SQL Azure
• Cloud features of SQL Azure
• Challenge: Add core owners table
• Solution: Add core owners table

3. Working with Cosmos DB

• Overview of Cosmos DB
• Provisioning Cosmos DB
• Coding patterns for Cosmos
• Code changes for Cosmos SDK
• Designing for performance in Cosmos
• Challenge: Convert app to Cosmos
• Solution: Convert app to Cosmos

4. Using Azure Storage

• Overview of Azure Storage
• Provisioning Azure Storage
• Azure Blob Storage
• Add Azure Storage account
• Add upload to Blob Storage
• Azure Table Storage
• Azure Table Storage
• Azure Storage Queues
• Challenge: Queue storage
• Solution: Queue storage

Conclusion

• Teardown video
• Next steps