Data Access and Services with Microsoft Azure Overview/Description Target Audience Prerequisites Expected Duration Lesson Objectives Course Number Expertise Level Overview/Description
This course covers the various data storage and messaging technologies available in Microsoft's Azure cloud services, and is one of a series that prepares students for Microsoft exam 70-487.
Target Audience
Developers wanting to learn about the data storage and messaging technologies in Microsoft's Azure cloud services and those preparing for Microsoft exam 70-487.
Prerequisites
None
Expected Duration (hours)
3.2
Lesson Objectives Data Access and Services with Microsoft Azure
start the course
identify the different storage options available in Azure and how to choose between them
examine the Azure web portal, where to find the various components, and what's available
explain how Azure caching compares with traditional in-memory, in-process caching
explain the Azure blob storage service
create a new blob store in Azure
add new files to a blob store in Azure and work with a virtual file system
make Azure blobs public or private
use the Azure Blob REST API
use the Azure content delivery network (CDN) to distribute blobs
explain the Azure table storage service
retrieve, create, or delete tables stored in Azure
retrieve existing entities from tables stored in Azure
add, modify, and delete existing entities in tables stored in Azure
use the Azure Tables REST API
explain the Azure storage queue service
check for, create, or delete queues in Azure
add a new message to an existing queue in Azure
retrieve the next available message from a queue in Azure
access the next message in a queue in Azure without physically removing the message
explain Service Bus queues and how they compare with storage queues in Azure
create a namespace for Service Bus queues in Azure
obtain the credentials required to work with Service Bus queues in Azure
create a new Service Bus queue and send messages to it
receive messages from a Service Bus queue in Azure
work with Service Bus Topics and Subscriptions
use the Azure Service Bus REST API
host WCF services within Azure worker roles and configure different bindings for them
explain the use of the Azure Service Bus relay service by WCF services
implement resilient, asynchronous WCF services on Azure storage and Service Bus queues
use Azure's storage options
Course Number: cl_mazw_a06_it_enus
Expertise Level
Intermediate