Learning Microsoft Azure

Afterword by Maxim Salnikov

Getting Ready for the Transformation

You’ve just completed your technical onboarding to cloud computing and Microsoft Azure. Keep this book close at hand on your desktop so you can refer to the relevant chapters, look at the sample architectures, and learn from the code examples again and again. Jonah Andersson, with whom I have had the pleasure and honor of collaborating on multiple community-focused projects, wrote this technical masterpiece to be your day-to-day helper and guide as you explore the endless possibilities of cloud technology.

Based on current technical trends and my more than 20 years of experience in development and technical leadership, let me offer some practical advice after reading Jonah’s book. First, while the knowledge you gained is still fresh in your memory and your fingers remember solutions for the “Learn By Doing” hands-on exercises, take the opportunity to get the Azure certifications listed in “Who Should Read This Book.” Reading carefully and doing the labs of the chapters relevant to your target certification is a solid foundation for passing the exam. Next, after the Digital Transformation, powered for years by Microsoft Cloud as the industry’s most trusted and comprehensive cloud, we are entering the Era of AI with an inevitable AI Transformation. “Every business is a software business” proclaimed technology pioneer Watts S. Humphrey over two decades ago; today, we can refine it to “every business is an AI business.” ...