CONTENUTI

Module 1: Overview of service and cloud technologies

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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