Developing Azure and Web Services: Introduction

Overview/Description
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number
Expertise Level

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Overview/Description

Web services provide a cloud environment for building distributed apps. Explore distributed apps, how data can be accessed, and how services work.

Expected Duration (hours)
1.1

Lesson Objectives

Developing Azure and Web Services: Introduction

describe and define the characteristics of a distributed application and the reasons for creating them

describe the types of computing strategies that can be used to host a service in the cloud

recognize and list the advantages and benefits of cloud computing

identify the computing strategies and features provided by the Microsoft Azure cloud computing solution

distinguish between the different cloud service components offered by Azure

describe the technologies and storage strategies that can be used to store and access data

describe data access technologies, including ADO.NET, Entity Framework, WCF Data Services, and Azure Cosmos DB

compare the features and functionality of the ASP.NET Web API to WCF

identify the data access features provided in the .NET Framework

describe the low-level ADO.NET data access API in the .NET framework

create and configure a data provider programmatically

describe HTTP and how it facilitates a simple request and response for message handling

identify the parts of a URI and the action verbs that can make up an HTTP transaction

work with the HTTP header and media types for the Content-Type header

describe how the Representational State Transfer (REST) architecture works

describe how WCF can be used to create HTTP services

recognize the differences between ADO.NET, Entity, WCF Services, and Azure services

describe the differences and uses for ADO.NET, ASP.NET Web API, WCF, and the Azure platform

Course Number:
it_wddmaw_01_enus

Expertise Level
Expert