Microsoft Azure Storage Essentials - Softcover

Soueidi, Chukri

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1784396230 ISBN 13: 9781784396237

Publisher: Packt Pub Ltd, 2015

Synopsis

Harness the power of Microsoft Azure services to build efficient cloud solutions
About This BookMicrosoft Azure Storage is a platform that provides a set of services that can be used by various applications for data management and storage purposes. Its rich features can be applied for different kinds of scenarios, from the simplest to the most complex. For developers, it gives solutions to manage small to large-scale data, and enables many new scenarios for the cloud, server, mobile, and web. For IT professionals, it reduces the complexity of maintaining, protecting, and replicating data.

Microsoft Azure Storage Essentials is a jump-start book for utilizing the storage services in your applications. It is fast paced and aims to show you the quickest way to start using the Azure Storage. You will learn the different characteristics of each service (Blob, Table, Queue and File Storage) before showing you how to utilize it by code. Being exposed to the web, the storage services can be accessed from any HTTP enabled application. This book is a guide for performing basic and advanced operations on the storage services programmatically using the .NET client library.What You Will Learn

• Get familiar with Microsoft Azure Storage Service in terms of architecture and working
• Recognize the libraries and tools offered by Azure storage, supporting several popular programming languages
• Know how the storage services expose their resources as REST APIs and what client libraries exists to develop against the storage
• Gain the understanding of types of Blobs and best ways to upload and retrieve them
• Learn how to make use of Tables as a NoSQL data store and how to retrieve, insert, update and delete entities in terms of design patterns
• Use Queue storage as a messaging solution for communications between different apps
• Create mounted shares and allow legacy systems to access data using the SMB protocol
• Get accustomed to deal with faults, monitor storage metrics and logs

Who This Book Is ForThis book is intended for IT professionals and also for students, who are familiar with data management solutions and with web development. If you are a developer, you should be familiar with C# and Visual Studio in order to utilize the code examples available in this book.


 

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About the Author

Chukri Soueidi

Chukri Soueidi is a software developer based in Beirut, Lebanon. With an experience that spans more than 8 years, he specializes in web development and Microsoft technologies. He currently works at the American University of Beirut as a software engineer and systems analyst, developing new software solutions for the university and its medical center. He was awarded the Microsoft Most Valued Professional (MVP) award for 2 years 2014 and 2015 for his contributions to the technical communities of Visual C# and .NET. The MVP award is an annual award that recognizes exceptional technology community leaders worldwide, who actively share their high-quality and real-world expertise with other communities. With fewer than 5,000 awardees worldwide, Microsoft MVPs represent a highly selected group of experts. He is heavily involved in local developer communities in Beirut, coaching on the latest technologies, and he is also a regular speaker at the major evangelism events held by Microsoft, Lebanon. He conducted several workshops for university students and professionals on topics of software development and gaming technologies. Chukri is also a technical trainer and has been working as an instructor at the regional learning centers. Away from his laptop, Chukri is an avid marathon runner. He enjoys exploring new places and cooking with his beloved ones and friends. You can always reach him at chukrisoueidi@outlook.com.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Pub Ltd
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1784396230
• ISBN 13: 9781784396237
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 126