Optimizing Microsoft Azure Workloads: Leverage the Well-Architected Framework to boost performance, scalability, and cost efficiency - Softcover

Rithin Skaria

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1837632928 ISBN 13: 9781837632923

Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2023

Synopsis

Master Azure Well-Architected Framework and improve your optimization skills by enhancing the quality of your workloads

Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook

Key Features

• Learn Well-Architected Framework from a cloud solution architect and an official Microsoft trainer
• Optimize your workloads in Azure by following Microsoft recommended best practices
• Use reference architecture and Microsoft tests to conduct Well-Architected Framework (WAF) assessment

Book Description

It's easy to learn and deploy resources in Microsoft Azure, without worrying about resource optimization. However, for production or mission critical workloads, it's crucial that you follow best practices for resource deployment to attain security, reliability, operational excellence and performance. Apart from these aspects, you need to account for cost considerations, as it's the leading reason for almost every organization's cloud transformation.

In this book, you'll learn to leverage Microsoft Well-Architected Framework to optimize your workloads in Azure. This Framework is a set of recommended practices developed by Microsoft based on five aligned pillars; cost optimization, performance, reliability, operational excellence, and security. You'll explore each of these pillars and discover how to perform an assessment to determine the quality of your existing workloads. Through the book, you'll uncover different design patterns and procedures related to each of the Well-Architected Framework pillars.

By the end of this book, you'll be well-equipped to collect and assess data from an Azure environment and perform the necessary upturn of your Azure workloads.

What you will learn

• Dive deep into the Azure Well-Architected Framework
• Explore the differences between Cloud Adoption Framework and Well-Architected Framework
• Understand the pillars of the Well-Architected Framework
• Discover varied techniques to improve the cost profile of your workload
• Optimize your workflows using Azure Advisor and its score
• Plan and prioritize the implementation of security recommendations from WAF assessments

Who this book is for

This book is for developers, cloud solution architects, cloud administrators, and professionals experienced in design, implementation, and management of Azure resources. Professionals looking to learn cloud optimization or switch to a new role related to architecture can benefit from this book. An intermediate level understanding of the Microsoft Azure platform and services is a must. Experience in implementing or designing solutions in Azure is a plus but not mandatory.

Table of Contents

1. Planning Workloads with the Well-Architected Framework
2. Distinguishing between the Cloud Adoption Framework and Well-Architected Framework
3. Implementing Cost Optimization
4. Achieving Operational Excellence
5. Improving Applications with Performance Efficiency
6. Building Reliable Applications
7. Leveraging the Security Pillar
8. Assessment and Remediation

About this title

About the Author

Rithin Skaria is a prominent supporter of cloud technologies, in addition to his roles as a speaker, consultant, and published author with a specialization in the design and enhancement of cloud architecture. He has spent over a decade managing, implementing, and designing IT infrastructure solutions for public and private clouds. At present, he works with Microsoft Qatar as a cloud solution architect, placing particular emphasis on Azure solutions. Rithin holds an impressive array of over 18 certifications in diverse technologies such as Azure, Linux, Microsoft 365, and Kubernetes, and he is a Microsoft Certified Trainer. His substantial contributions to the Microsoft worldwide Open Source community have earned him recognition as one of its engagement leaders. He has also spoken at several events and conferences, including Microsoft Spark.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1837632928
• ISBN 13: 9781837632923
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240