Building Web Services with Windows Azure (new): Quickly develop scalable, REST-based applications or services and learn how to manage them using Microsoft Azure
About this ebook
- Build RESTful services using the ASP.NET Web API and Microsoft Azure
- Host and monitor applications in Azure Websites and Azure Mobile Services
- Manage Web APIs using Azure API Management
- Utilize Azure Service Bus to provide elasticity to your applications as well as publish and subscribe features
- Utilize the Microsoft Azure Platform as a Service (PaaS) component in your custom solutions
- Get to grips with the basic characteristics of distributed systems
- Use Entity Framework as the data model
- Leverage your cloudbased storage and discover how to access and manipulate data in the cloud
- Explore the NoSQL options available in Microsoft Azure
If you are a .NET developer who wants to develop end-to-end RESTful applications in the cloud, then this book is for you. A working knowledge of C# will help you get the most out of this book.
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About the author
Stephen Kaufman works for Microsoft as a solution architect in the Americas Office of the CTO and is the lead architect for the US Azure PaaS Center of Expertise (CoE). He is a public speaker and has appeared at a variety of industry conferences nationally and internationally at events, such as TechEd North America, TechEd EMEA, Microsoft SOA and BPM conference, as well as many internal Microsoft conferences over the years discussing application development, integration, and cloud computing, as well as a variety of other related topics. Stephen is also a published author with two booksPro BizTalk 2009 (http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219815) and Pro Windows Server AppFabric (http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430228172), both by Apress Publishingas well as a number of whitepapers and other published content, including a blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/skaufman. In addition, he is a board certified architect (CITA-P-IASA Global) and continues to work mentoring and sitting on architecture certification review boards. Lastly, Stephen was a contributing author for the Azure Architecture Certification Exam 70-534, Architecting Azure Solutions.
Nikhil Sachdeva is a senior consultant at Microsoft. He has over 11 years of experience in architecting and implementing scalable web applications and services using Microsoft technologies. He has been involved with Microsoft Azure since its early days and currently works as a subject matter expert in building custom Platform as a Service (PaaS) solutions on the Azure platform. He has a passion for writing and is a contributing writer for Introducing Windows Azure for IT Professionals, Microsoft Press, and has contributed to several other Microsoft articles and blogs on Microsoft Azure and related technologies. His recent passion is building highly scalable and available solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT) and frequently rants his experiences at http://connectedstuff.net.
