Learning Microsoft Azure

Foreword by Magnus Mårtensson

It is not an overstatement to say that Learning Microsoft Azure delivers one of the most important current IT skillsets in the market. This might be one of the most significant books you, on the way to the cloud, or as a learner already in the cloud, can read right now. Without cloud platforms, modern cloud-based services such as AI and large-scale batch computing, which are crucial for today’s businesses, would not exist. There simply are not enough experts in the market that have the broad fundamental cloud platform skills and expertise needed to build these services. The book you hold in your hand is a comprehensive guide that covers the scope of what Azure, fundamentally, is about. These pages provide a solid leg up toward learning true cloud mastery, and the content provides strong competitive information for today’s cloud-based IT landscape.

Writing this sort of book, covering so many different but related topics, and succeeding in boiling them down to a consumable size, is no small feat. Honored to write this foreword, I first thought—I could have written this book! As I read, I realized my perspective is not appropriate for authoring a terrific book about learning Azure. I have been an Azure expert and MVP since the first days of Azure, when the name was Windows Azure, and I know that it is quite challenging to explain to beginners what Azure is about. You must know what they need to learn and how they see the cloud in order to help them along. ...