Cloud Debugging and Profiling in Microsoft Azure: Application Performance Management in the Cloud

Chapter 1: Building Solutions in the Azure Cloud

Chapter Goal: The first chapter will introduce the reader to the many facets of Microsoft Azure, why and how building for the cloud differs from on-prem development, and the need for a comprehensive strategy to debugging and profiling in Azure.

We will cover the major types of blades (FaaS, SaaS, PaaS, IaaS).

No of pages: 20

Sub -Topics

1. Microsoft Azure overview

2. FaaS (Functions as a Service/Code as a Service) - a tour of Azure Functions and Logic Apps

3. SaaS (Software as a Service) - Web Apps, Office365

4. PaaS (Platform as a Service) - Cloud Services

5. IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) - Virtual Machines, SQL Server

Chapter 2: The Azure Portal

Chapter Goal: The different Azure blades have many common features. This chapter will explore the Azure portal and some of the common features. The dashboard will be explained and how different views can be created for different scenarios. The Favorites section, the Cost Management & Billing blade, support, and Cloud Shell will all be introduced. The goal of the chapter is to get the reader comfortable with navigating the portal and feeling less overwhelmed, especially if this is the first time they've used the portal.

No of pages: 35

Sub - Topics

1. Azure portal - what is a blade?

2. Dashboard

3. Navigation - favorites, subscription filtering, and searching

4. You're not alone - help and support

5. Cost management

6. Cloud shell

Chapter 3: Services in the Cloud

Chapter Goal: Using examples in Azure Functions and Logic Apps, this chapter will provide an example of building an Azure Function and calling it from a Logic App. The logging and debugging capabilities will be explored in the appropriate blades.

No of pages: 25

Sub - Topics

1. What is serverless?

2. Azure Functions

1. Logic Apps
2. Using tags for billing

Chapter 4: Application Insights and Log Analytics

Chapter Goal: Using the example built in Chapter 2, we will apply Application Insights and use it to monitor the solution.

No of pages: 20

Sub - Topics:

1. Application Insights overview

2. Adding to Azure Functions

3. Adding Log Analytics to a Logic App

Chapter 5: Databases and Storage

Chapter Goal: Building upon chapters 1 and 2, persistent storage will be incorporated into the example. Different implementations will be explored, including Azure SQL Database, Azure Cosmos DB, and Azure Storage Tables.

No of pages: 25

Sub - Topics:

1. Azure SQL Database

2. Azure Cosmos DB

3. Azure Storage Tables

Chapter 6: Azure Web App

Chapter Goal: An Azure Web App will now be added to the example, and we'll expan