Introduction

Introduction

Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform that offers a comprehensive range of services, enabling developers to build, deploy, and manage applications efficiently. For C# developers, Azure presents a seamless integration with the .NET ecosystem, making it an ideal choice for creating scalable and robust applications. By leveraging Azure’s infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS) offerings, developers can focus on writing clean, high-performance code while Azure handles deployment, scaling, and maintenance. Azure’s extensive tools and libraries for C# simplify the development process and enable faster time-to-market.

This course introduces the foundational concepts of cloud computing and Microsoft Azure. It also explains the most important services in Microsoft Azure. This course aims to teach you Microsoft Azure through practical lessons. You will create Microsoft Azure services and build a project during the learning journey.

Intended audience

The intended audience for this course is software developers (C# developers in particular) who aim to learn Microsoft Azure. However, familiarity with any modern object-oriented programming language is also sufficient. This course suits junior, mid, and senior developers who aim to build their cloud computing skills based on Microsoft Azure. The course assumes no prior knowledge about cloud computing and starts by teaching fundamentals.

What will you learn?

The course content will be divided into three chapters listed below:

• Introduction to Microsoft Azure: In this chapter, you will learn the foundational concepts of cloud computing and how it benefits the business. Then, you will specialize further to focus on Microsoft Azure.

• Key Microsoft Azure Services for Developers: In this chapter, you will learn about the most important services for software developers. These services include hosting, storage, monitoring, and AI services.

• Building Your First Microsoft Azure Solution: In this chapter, you will learn how to build a real-life Microsoft Azure solution using the skills you learned throughout the course.