November 2025
Intermediate
9h 55m
English
Closed Captioning available in German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese
Overview
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Unlock the full power of Microsoft Azure for creating, deploying, and managing applications.
Through developer-friendly language and hands-on examples, Microsoft Azure in Action teaches you how to quickly master the core principles of cloud computing and start creating Azure-powered apps and architectures.
In Microsoft Azure in Action you will learn how to:
- Design and deploy high-performing cloud applications
- Store, manage, and retrieve data at scale
- Take command with PowerShell and the Azure CLI
- Configure blob storage, launch VMs, and run serverless workloads
- Protect your infrastructure with Azure’s built-in security features
- Fine-tune performance for services like App Services and virtual machines
Microsoft Azure in Action is your fast-track guide to building and managing applications on Microsoft’s industry-leading cloud platform. You’ll explore the foundational pillars of Azure—compute, networking, and storage—that power everything on the platform. Packed with hands-on examples, clear guidance, and a touch of wit, this book makes learning Azure both practical and genuinely enjoyable.
About the Technology
Microsoft Azure is a massive cloud platform offering everything from basic compute and storage to enterprise infrastructure and on-demand AI. This book helps you navigate Azure, with the hands-on advice and examples you need to create, deploy, and manage business applications of any scale.
About the Book
Learn what’s in Microsoft Azure in Action and you’ll be on a path to Azure mastery. It is packed with real-world scenarios including setting up serverless architectures, using Azure’s powerful AI models, providing self-service developer infrastructure, and even creating on the-fly applications. Whether you’re taking on infrastructure optimization, security, performance enhancement, or application architecture decisions, author Lars Klint’s light touch keeps dry technical details from becoming boring.
What's Inside
- Command-line control with PowerShell and Azure CLI
- Manage blob storage, VMs, and serverless apps
- Infrastructure security
- Optimize performance
About the Reader
For software developers. Assumes familiarity with a scripting language like PowerShell.
About the Author
Lars Klint is a Microsoft MVP, trainer, community leader, Azure expert, Lego aficionado, and classic car collector.
Quotes
A great roadmap to navigating the cloud with confidence and purpose.
- From the Foreword by Scott Guthrie
Brings all of the complexities and intricacies of Azure into comprehensible focus.
- Orin Thomas, Microsoft
As authoritative and expert as it is friendly and encouraging to newcomers.
- Martin Dimovski, ABN AMRO NL
Build, secure, and scale applications with a bunch of laughs along the way.
- Jeremy Morgan, KodeKloud
Practical and refreshingly entertaining.
- Gerald Versluis, Microsoft
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