The Azure Cloud Native Architecture Mapbook: Design and build Azure architectures for infrastructure, applications, data, AI, and security - Softcover

Stéphane Eyskens

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1805805053 ISBN 13: 9781805805052

Verlag: Packt Publishing, 2025

Inhaltsangabe

Endorsements

Whether you’re a developer who’s become architecture-curious, an architect who wants to go deeper into Azure-native tooling, or a leader looking to design solutions that don’t just survive but thrive, this book has something for you. -Scott Hanselman, Vice President, Developer Community, Microsoft

Build modern, secure, and scalable cloud-native solutions on Azure with expert-guided architecture patterns

Key Features

• Apply proven architectural patterns to real-world Azure cloud solutions
• Translate enterprise requirements into secure and scalable reference architectures
• Gain practical design insights from a Microsoft cloud solution architect
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Book Description

Designing effective cloud-native architectures on Azure often feels overwhelming—especially when trying to translate complex requirements into reliable solutions. This book solves that problem by giving you a structured, visual guide to building modern systems that are scalable, secure, and production-ready.

You'll discover how to plan, design, and communicate Azure-based architectures using practical reference diagrams mapped to real-world use cases. Organized by domains including infrastructure, applications, data, container orchestrators, AI, and security, each chapter walks you through the key services, patterns, and decisions that underpin successful solutions.

Throughout the book, you'll find over 40 detailed architecture maps, created and curated by a seasoned Microsoft cloud solution architect. These maps illustrate how to align Azure services with business goals, manage hybrid and multi-cloud complexity, and incorporate best practices for governance, resilience, and cost optimization.

This book gives you more than just diagrams; it offers the confidence to design cloud solutions that scale and perform. Whether you're modernizing a legacy stack or building greenfield applications, The Azure Cloud Native Architecture Mapbook is your trusted design companion from concept to delivery.

What You Will Learn

• Align architecture with business and technical requirements
• Choose the right compute, storage, and networking services
• Visualize key components using architectural map diagrams
• Apply design principles for identity, governance, and observability
• Architect hybrid and containerized solutions
• Translate real-world needs into actionable cloud designs
• Apply patterns from Microsoft’s Cloud Adoption Framework

Who This Book Is For

Cloud architects, Solution Architects, developers, DevOps engineers, and IT professionals designing, deploying, or modernizing solutions on Microsoft Azure. Readers should understand core Azure services and have experience working in cloud-native or hybrid environments. Additionally, readers should be familiar with some generic architecture concepts.

Table of Contents

1. Getting Started as an Azure Architect
2. Solution Architecture
3. Infrastructure Design
4. Working with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
5. Working with Other Container Services
6. Developing and Designing Applications with Azure
7. Data Architecture
8. Artificial Intelligence Architecture
9. Security Architecture
10. Closing Thoughts and Next Steps

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Stéphane Eyskens has a developer background and became a solution architect about a decade ago. As a cloud subject matter expert, he contributed to many digital transformation programs, helping organizations get better results out of their cloud investments. As an MVP, he is an active contributor to the Microsoft Tech Community and has worked on multiple open source projects available on GitHub. Stéphane is also a Pluralsight assessment author as well as the author of multiple books and online recordings.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Packt Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2025
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1805805053
• ISBN 13: 9781805805052
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 436
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: preigu GmbH & Co. KG; mail@preigu.de; ; Lengericher Landstr. 19; Osnabrück; Niedersachsen; 49078; Deutschland