Azure Containers Explained Leverage Azure container technologies for effective application migration and deployment (True EPUB)

Apply scenario-based learning to effectively handle the technical and business impact of various services like AKS, ACI, Azure Functions, and Azure Container Apps on Azure

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Key Features

Understand the what, why, and how of different container technologies available on Microsoft Azure

Explore the practical implementation of various Azure container technologies with the help of use cases

Learn common business strats for selecting the right Azure container technology at optimized cost

Book Description

Whether you're working with a start-up or an enterprise, making decisions related to using different container technologies on Azure has a notable impact your app migration and modernization strats. This is where companies face challenges, while choosing the right solutions and deciding when to move on to the next technology. Azure Containers Explained helps you make the right architectural choices for your solutions and get well-versed with the migration path to other platforms using practical examples.

You'll b with a recap of containers as technology and where you can store them within Azure. Next, you'll explore the different Microsoft Azure container technologies and understand how each platform, namely Azure Container Apps, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Container Instances (ACI), Azure Functions, and Azure App Services, work – you'll learn to implement them by grasping their respective characteristics and use cases. Finally, you'll build upon your own container solution on Azure using best practices from real-world examples and successfully transform your business from a start-up to a full-fledged enterprise.

By the end of this book, you'll be able to effectively cater to your business and application needs by selecting and modernizing your apps using various Microsoft Azure container services.

What you will learn

Make the best-suited architectural choices to meet your business and application needs

Understand the migration paths between different Azure Container services

Deploy containerized applications on Azure to multiple technologies

Know when to use Azure Container Apps versus Azure Kubernetes Service

Find out how to add features to an AKS cluster

Investigate the containers on Azure Web apps and Functions apps

Discover ways to improve your current architecture without starting again

Explore the financial implications of using Azure container services

Who this book is for

This book is for cloud and DevOps architects, application developers, technical leaders, decision makers, and IT professionals working with Microsoft Azure and cloud native technologies, especially containers. Reasonable knowledge of containers and a solid understanding of Microsoft Azure will help you grasp the concepts in this book.

Table of Contents

Azure Containers – Pleased to Meet You

Azure App Service – Running a Container Was Never That Difficult

Deploying Containers to Azure Functions

Azure Container Instances for Serverless Containers

Azure Container Apps for Serverless Kubernetes

Azure Kubernetes Service for Kubernetes in the Cloud

The Single Container Use Case

Deciding the Best Fitting Azure Technologies for Multiple Containers

Container Technologies for Startups

Container Technologies for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses

Container Technologies for Enterprises