Course Outline
Module 1: Overview of service and cloud technologies
This module provides an overview of service and cloud technologies
using the Microsoft .NET Core and the Azure. The first lesson, “Key Components
of Distributed Applications,” discusses characteristics that are common to
distributed systems, regardless of the technologies they use. Lesson 2, “Data
and Data Access Technologies” describes how data is used in distributed
applications. Lesson 3, “Service Technologies,” discusses two of the most
common protocols in distributed system and the .NET Core technologies used to
develop services based on those protocols. Lesson 4, “Cloud Computing,”
describes cloud computing and how it is implemented in Azure.
Lessons
- Key Components
of Distributed Applications
- Data and Data
Access Technologies
- Service
Technologies
- Cloud Computing
- Manipulating
Data
Lab : Exploring the Work Environment
- Creating an
ASP.NET Core project
- Create a simple
Entity Framework model
- Create a web API
class
- Deploy the web
application to Azure
Module 2: Querying and Manipulating Data Using Entity Framework
In this module, you will learn about the Entity Framework data
model, and about how to create, read, update, and delete data. Entity Framework
is a rich object-relational mapper, which provides a convenient and powerful
application programming interface (API) to manipulate data. This module focuses
on the Code First approach with Entity Framework.
Lessons
- ADO.NET Overview
- Creating an
Entity Data Model
- Querying Data
Lab : Creating a Data Access Layer using Entity Framework
- Creating a data
model
- Query the
Database
Lab : Manipulating Data
- Create
repository methods
- Test the model
using SQL Server and SQLite
Module 3: Creating and Consuming ASP.NET Core Web APIs
ASP.NET Core Web API provides a robust and modern framework for
creating Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)-based services. In this module, you
will be introduced to the HTTP-based services. You will learn how HTTP works
and become familiar with HTTP messages, HTTP methods, status codes, and
headers. You will also be introduced to the Representational State Transfer
(REST) architectural style and hypermedia. You will learn how to create
HTTP-based services by using ASP.NET Core Web API. You will also learn how to
consume them from various clients. After Lesson 3, in the lab "Creating an
ASP.NET Core Web APIs", you will create a web API and consume it from a
client.
Lessons
- HTTP Services
- Creating an
ASP.NET Core Web API
- Consuming
ASP.NET Core Web APIs
- Handling HTTP
Requests and Responses
- Automatically
Generating HTTP Requests and Responses
Lab : Creating an ASP.NET Core Web API
- Create a
controller class
- Use the API from
a browser
- Create a client
Module 4: Extending ASP.NET Core HTTP Services
ASP.NET Core Web API provides a complete solution for building
HTTP services, but services often have various needs and dependencies. In many
cases, you will need to extend or customize the way ASP.NET Core Web API
executes your service. Handling needs such as applying error handling and
logging integrate with other components of your application and supporting
other standards that are available in the HTTP world. Understanding the way
ASP.NET Core Web API works is important when you extend ASP.NET Core Web API.
The division of responsibilities between components and the order of execution
are important when intervening with the way ASP.NET Core Web API executes.
Finally, with ASP.NET Core Web API, you can also extend the way you interact
with other parts of your system. With the dependency resolver mechanism, you
can control how instances of your service are created, giving you complete
control on managing dependencies of the services.
Lessons
- The ASP.NET Core
Request Pipeline
- Customizing
Controllers and Actions
- Injecting
Dependencies into Controllers
Lab : Customizing the ASP.NET Core Pipeline
- Use Dependency
Injection to Get a Repository Object
- Create a Cache
Filter
- Create a
Debugging Middleware
Module 5: Hosting Services On-Premises and in Azure
In this module you will learn how to host your application
on-premises and on Azure. You will also learn about Docker containers, and
writing serverless applications with Azure functions.
Lessons
- Hosting Services
on-premises
- Hosting Services
in Azure App Service
- Packaging
Services in Containers
- Implementing
Serverless Services
Lab : Host an ASP.NET Core service in a Windows Service
- Creating a new
ASP.NET Core Application
- Registering the
Windows Service
Lab : Host an ASP.NET Core Web API in an Azure Web App
- Create a Web App
in the Azure portal
- Deploy an
ASP.NET Core Web API to the Web App
Lab : Host an ASP.NET Core service in Azure Container Instances
- Publish the
service to a Docker container
- Host the service
in Azure Container Instances
Lab : Implement an Azure Function
- Develop the
service locally
- Deploy the
service to Azure Functions
Module 6: Deploying and Managing Services
In this module, you will learn about Web Deploy and how to deploy
web applications by using Web Deploy in Visual Studio. You will also learn how
to define continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines and how to
use Azure API Management and OpenAPI to provide robust, secure, and reliable
APIs to your customers.
Lessons
- Web Deployment
with Visual Studio 2017
- Continuous
Delivery with Visual Studio Team Services
- Deploying
Applications to Staging and Production Environments
- Defining Service
Interfaces with Azure API Management
Lab : Deploying an ASP.NET Core web service on Linux
- Publish the
ASP.NET Core web service for Linux
- Configure Nginx
as a reverse proxy
Lab : Deploying to Staging and Production
- Deploy the
application to production
- Create a staging
slot
- Swap the
Environments
Lab : Publishing a Web API with Azure API Management
- Creating an
Azure API Management instance
- Testing and
managing the API
Module 7: Implementing Data Storage in Azure
This module explains how to store and access data stored in Azure
Storage. It also explains how to configure storage access rights for storage
containers and content.
Lessons
- Choosing a Data
Storage Mechanism
- Accessing Data
in Azure Storage
- Working with
Structured Data in Azure
- Geographically
Distributing Data with Azure CDN
- Scaling with
Out-of-Process Cache
Lab : Storing Files in Azure Storage
- Store publicly
accessible files in Azure Blobs
- Generate and
store private files in Azure Blobs
Lab : Querying Graph Data with CosmosDB
- Create the
CosmosDB graph database
- Query the
CosmosDB database
Lab : Caching out-of-process with Azure Redis cache
- Create the Azure
Redis Cache service
- Access the cache
service from code
- Test the
application
Module 8: Diagnostics and Monitoring
This module explains how to monitor and log services, both
on-premises and in Azure.
Lessons
- Logging in
ASP.NET Core
- Diagnostic Tools
- Application Insights
Lab : Monitoring ASP.NET Core with ETW and LTTng
- Collect and view
ETW events
- Collect and view
LTTng events
Lab : Monitoring Azure Web Apps with Application Insights
- Add the
Application Insights SDK
- Load test the
web service
- Analyze the
performance results
Module 9: Securing services on-premises and in Microsoft Azure
This module describes claim-based identity concepts and standards,
and how to implement authentication and authorization by using Azure Active
Directory to secure an ASP.NET Core Web API service.
Lessons
- Explaining
Security Terminology
- Securing
Services with ASP.NET Core Identity
- Securing
Services with Azure Active Directory
Lab : Using ASP.NET Core Identity
- Add ASP.NET Core
Identity middleware
- Add
authorization code
- Run a client
application to test the server
Lab : Using Azure Active Directory with ASP.NET Core
- Authenticate a
client application using AAD B2C and MSAL.js
Module 10: Scaling Services
This module explains how to create scalable services and
applications and scale them automatically using Web Apps load balancers, Azure
Application Gateway and Azure Traffic Manager.
Lessons
- Introduction to
Scalability
- Automatic
Scaling
- Azure
Application Gateway and Traffic Manager
Lab : Load Balancing Azure Web Apps
- Prepare the
application for load-balancing
- Test the load
balancing with instance affinity
- Test the load
balancing without affinity
Lab : Load Balancing with Azure Traffic Manager
- Deploy an Azure
Web App to multiple regions
- Create an Azure
Traffic Manager profile