Hands-On Networking with Azure

A step-by-step guide to get you up and running with Azure Networking services and helps you build solutions that leverage effective design patterns About This Book * Learn the best practices for designing and implementing Azure Networking for Azure VMs, and highly available apps * Figure out the hidden secrets of Azure Networking that would help you to properly design your environment and saving money for your running workloads * Effectively plan, design, and implement various connectivity scenarios in Azure Who This Book Is For This book is targeted at Developers, IT Professionals, and even Database Admins who have experience of working on Microsoft Azure and want to make the most out of Azure Networking services. What You Will Learn * Understanding Azure Networking and use the networking service that would fulfill your needs * Design Azure Networks for Azure VMs according to the best practices * Span your environment with Azure networking solutions * Implement Azure Load Balancers for highly available environments * Distribute the user traffic across the world by Azure Traffic Manager * Control your application delivery by Azure Application Gateway * Learn how to use Azure DNS In Detail Microsoft Azure Networking is one of the most valuable and important offerings in Azure. You cannot imagine an environment without networks because in such a scenario it will be useless. No matter what solution you are building for the cloud, you'll find a compelling use for Azure Networking. This book will help you come up to speed quickly on Microsoft Azure Networking by teaching you how to use the different networking services. Based on real-world scenarios, you will be able to leverage secure design patterns. With this book, you will be able to develop a strong networking foundation for Azure virtual machines, and for expanding your on-premises to Azure. You will start this book with an introduction to Microsoft Azure Networking and how to create Azure Virtual Networks with subnets of different types within it. This book will also help you to understand the architecture of Azure networks and how it integrates with other Azure services. You will then find out the best practices for designing your Azure VM networks, whether it is Windows based, or Linux based. Not only so, but also you will learn how to expand your networks into Azure, and how to use Azure DNS. Moreover, you will also discover best practices on how to deal with Azure Load Balancers followed by the role of Azure Traffic Manager and the solutions they offer in different scenarios. Finally, you will demonstrate the working of Azure Application Gateway which offers various layer 7 load balancing capabilities for applications.