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1. Part 1:Setting Up Your Environment

2. Chapter 1: Getting Started with an Azure Account and Selecting an IDE FREE CHAPTER

• Technical requirements
• Creating an Azure account
• Installing the Azure CLI and Azure PowerShell
• Learning basic operations
• Using service principals and managed identities
• Choosing the right IDE for working with Azure
• Integrating your IDE with Azure
• Learning about plugins and additional workloads
• Using Azure emulators
• Summary

3. Chapter 2: Choosing between Azure CLI and Azure PowerShell

• Technical requirements
• Enabling plugins and extensions
• Working with Azure CLI and Azure PowerShell in CI/CD
• Summary

4. Part 2:Web Applications and Workflows in Microsoft Azure

5. Chapter 3: Hosting Applications with Azure App Service

• Technical requirements
• Deploying and configuring Azure App Service
• Managing the application’s configuration
• Understanding the scalability of Azure App Service
• Using managed identities to integrate with other services
• Learning about use cases
• Summary
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6. Chapter 4: Developing Static Web Applications

• Technical requirements
• Using and configuring an Azure Storage static website
• Deploying the static website to Azure Storage
• Using Azure Static Web Apps to host your application
• Integrating Azure Static Web Apps with Azure App Service
• Learning about use cases
• Summary

7. Chapter 5: Going Serverless with Azure Functions

• Technical requirements
• Understanding the differences between Azure App Service and Azure Functions
• Developing services using Azure Functions
• Using input and output bindings
• Designing an application using Azure Functions
• Building a deployment pipeline
• Learning about use cases
• Summary

8. Chapter 6: Managing Secrets and Configuration in Azure

• Technical requirements
• Using Azure Key Vault to store secrets
• Integrating an application with Azure Key Vault
• Using Azure App Configuration to store configuration details
• Understanding integration options for Azure App Configuration
• Learning about use cases
• Summary

9. Chapter 7: Integrating Services with Azure Logic Apps

• Technical requirements
• Understanding the building blocks of Azure Logic Apps
• Developing an application using Azure Logic Apps
• Considerations for choosing Azure Logic Apps
• Understanding use cases
• Summary
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10. Chapter 8: Building Workflows Using Durable Functions

• Technical requirements
• Understanding the differences between Azure Logic Apps and Durable Functions
• Developing a workflow using Durable Functions
• Implementing advanced concepts for workflows
• Learning about use cases
• Summary
• Further reading

11. Part 3:Containers in Microsoft Azure

12. Chapter 9: Learning About Azure Container Registry

• Technical requirements
• Publishing and pulling a container image using Azure Container Registry
• Structuring your registry
• Integrating Azure Container Registry with CI/CD pipelines
• Using cache and multi-arch images
• Learning about use cases
• Summary

13. Chapter 10: Building Ad Hoc Workloads Using Azure Container Instances

• Technical requirements
• Integrating Azure Container Instances with a web application
• Using Azure Container Instances for batch jobs
• Designing an application using Azure Container Instances
• Learning about use cases
• Summary

14. Chapter 11: Developing Microservices with Azure Container Apps

• Technical requirements
• Understanding the differences between Azure App Service and Azure Container Apps
• Planning for hosting an application with Azure Container Apps
• Deploying an application using Azure Container Apps
• Learning about managing an application with Azure Container Apps
• Learning about use cases
• Summary
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15. Chapter 12: Hosting Containers with Azure App Service

• Technical requirements
• Integrating Azure App Service with container registries
• Deploying a containerized application to Azure App Service
• Solving common problems with containerized applications
• Learning about use cases
• Summary

16. Part 4:Storage, Messaging, and Monitoring

17. Chapter 13: Storing Data with Azure Storage

• Technical requirements
• Using Table Storage as a database for an application
• Using Blob Storage as a generic storage solution
• Understanding design patterns when using Azure Storage
• Learning about use cases
• Summary

18. Chapter 14: Using Queues in Microsoft Azure

• Technical requirements
• Using Queue Storage in Microsoft Azure
• Choosing Azure Event Hubs for queues with high load
• Implementing enterprise-grade queues with Azure Service Bus
• Learning about use cases
• Summary

19. Chapter 15: Using Relational Databases in Microsoft Azure

• Technical requirements
• Using relational databases in Azure
• Using alternatives to Azure SQL for a relational database
• Backing up a database
• Understanding integration options for databases in Azure
• Learning about use cases
• Summary
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20. Chapter 16: Adding Monitoring to Your Application

• Technical requirements
• Integrating Azure Application Insights with your application
• Reading logs, events, and traces
• Changing the configuration of Azure Application Insights
• Learning about alternatives to Azure Application Insights
• Learning about use cases
• Summary

21. Part 5:AI, ML, and DevOps

22. Chapter 17: Integrating an Application with Azure OpenAI Service

• Technical requirements
• Understanding how Azure OpenAI Service works
• Integrating an application with Azure OpenAI Service
• Learning about use cases for Azure OpenAI Service
• Summary

23. Chapter 18: Leveraging Azure Machine Learning to Automate Machine Learning Tasks

• Technical requirements
• Understanding how AutoML works
• Implementing auto-training using AutoML
• Auto-training a forecasting model
• Integrating an ONNX model with an application
• Learning about use cases
• Summary

24. Chapter 19: Using GitHub Actions to Build and Deploy Applications to Azure

• Technical requirements
• Understanding the building blocks of GitHub Actions
• Integrating GitHub Actions with Microsoft Azure
• Using GitHub Actions to deploy applications to Microsoft Azure
• Integrating with Azure Key Vault
• Learning about use cases
• Summary

25. Chapter 20: Developing, Testing, and Deploying Azure Logic Apps

• Technical requirements
• Developing complex workflows in Azure Logic Apps
• Handling errors in Azure Logic Apps
• Writing unit tests for Azure Logic Apps
• Building automated deployments for Azure Logic Apps
• Summary
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