Azure Adventures with C#: First Steps for C# Developers into Azure Cloud

Table of Contents....5

About the Author....10

About the Technical Reviewers....11

Introduction....13

Chapter 1: Introduction to Azure....15

SaaS, PaaS, IaaS....16

Azure Portal....18

Azure Resources....20

How to Create Resources....22

Pricing....23

Azure CLI....29

Bicep....31

Security....33

Data Backup....36

Policies....37

Install Required Components for Development Environment....39

Summary....40

Chapter 2: Azure Function....41

Scenarios for Using Functions....42

First Function....50

Program Class....55

Deploying Azure Resources....56

Deploying Azure Function....61

Request Object....62

Reading Parameters....62

Response Object....65

Routing....66

Timer Trigger....67

Durable Function....69

Get Results and Check Status....74

Durable Function – Chaining Pattern....75

Durable Function – Fan-Out/Fan-In Pattern....80

Durable Function – Monitoring Pattern....84

Durable Function – Human Interaction Pattern....87

Scaling....91

Always On Feature....101

Authentication....106

Authentication Through Azure Portal....107

Creating Middleware....111

Azure Function Portal Overview....114

Tags....116

Resource Group – Resource Visualizer....118

Hosting Plan Tiers....119

Summary....120

Chapter 3: Application Insights....121

Deploying Application Insights....121

Application Insights Overview....124

Integration with Existing Project....126

Reading Logs from the Function....132

Searching in Logs....135

Searching in Transaction Section....138

Metrics....142

Failures....144

Workbook....146

Application Map....148

Alerts....150

Summary....155

Chapter 4: Storage Account....157

How to Deploy....158

Azure Storage Explorer....161

Blobs....168

Working with Blobs Through Azure Function....168

Queues....181

Table....188

Summary....196

Chapter 5: Event Grid....198

Creating an Event Grid....201

Creating an Event Handler....204

Creating a Subscription....208

Running the Event....211

Receiving the Cloud Event....213

Provisioning Event Grid with Bicep....216

Summary....219

Chapter 6: Service Bus....220

Create Service Bus....222

Creating a Queue....224

Consume Queues with the Azure Function....226

Create a Topic and Subscription....232

Consume Topic with the Azure Function....234

Using the Filter on Topic....238

Deploy Resources Using Bicep....242

Summary....244

Chapter 7: SQL Server....245

Create a SQL Server....246

Prepare Data....253

Create a Function to Connect....255

Deploy Function....259

Summary....259

Chapter 8: Key Vault....260

Creating Key Vault....261

Create a Secret....263

Create a Function....265

Adding the Application Permissions....271

Recovering a Secret....275

Create a Certificate....276

Bicep Script for Deployment....279

Summary....280

Chapter 9: Managed Identity and RBAC....281

Managed Identity in Azure Function....282

Storage with Managed Identity....289

Service Bus with Managed Identity....293

Key Vault with Managed Identity....294

Summary....296

Chapter 10: Virtual Network....297

Deploying Virtual Network with Bicep....298

Connecting Azure Function....301

Connecting Key Vault....302

Connecting Storage Account....303

Connecting SQL Server....304

Manually Creating and Configuring....305

Configuring the Network with Other Services....309

Summary....309

Index....310

Harness the power of Azure to create cutting-edge applications, services, and infrastructure. This book is a comprehensive guide designed to help experienced C# developers master the fundamentals of Microsoft Azure. Whether you're new to Azure or looking to deepen your cloud expertise, this book provides a solid foundation in Azure basics, and resource organization, and covers some of the most commonly used Azure resources. It also includes C# solutions and bicep scripts to deploy infrastructure on Azure.

The book starts with Azure fundamentals covering its structure, resource management, and pricing followed by its resource organization. You will then go through the latest version of Azure Functions and its implementation. Storage account features such as containers and queues are discussed next along with securing your applications with Managed Identity. You will learn how to manage, save, and maintain data in Azure using SQL Server and understand the advanced systems for message delivery. And you will learn about the Virtual Network and how Azure resources can be isolated from other services and from the Internet, if needed.

After reading the book, you will be able to build, deploy, and manage Azure as a scalable and robust cloud solution.

What You Will Learn

• Create a REST API using Azure Functions
• Use messaging services such as Account Storage Queues, Event Grid, or Service Bus
• Use trigger in Azure Function for various services in Azure
• Secure solutions using Managed Identity and Virtual Networks
• Store data in Account Storage and databases

Who This Book Is For

C# developers who want to improve their knowledge and be more competitive, DevOps who desire to automate infrastructure deployment for Azure Cloud, architects who want to familiarize themselves with the fundamental services of the Azure platform