Microsoft Developing Windows Azure and Web Services Azure 20487

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Azure Course Description

In this course, Participants will learn how to design and develop services that access local and remote data from various data sources. Participants will also learn how to develop and deploy services to hybrid environments, including on-premises servers and Windows Azure.

Azure Course Benefits

After completing this course, Students will be able to:

Query and manipulate data with Entity Framework
Use ASP.NET Web API to create HTTP-based services and consume them from .NET and non-.NET clients
Extend ASP.NET Web API services using message handlers, model binders, action filters, and media type formatters
Create SOAP-based services with the Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and consume them from .NET clients
Apply design principles to service contracts and extend WCF services using custom runtime components and behaviors
Secure WCF services using transport and message security
Use Windows Azure Service Bus for relayed messaging and brokered messaging using queues and topics
Host services on on-premises servers, and on various Windows Azure environments, such as Web Roles, Worker Roles, and Web Sites
Deploy services to both on-premises servers and Windows Azure
Store and access data in Windows Azure Storage, and configure storage access rights
Monitor and log services, both on-premises and in Windows Azure
Implement federated authentication by using ACS with ASP.NET Web API services
Create scalable, load-balanced services

Suggested Prerequisites

Before attending this course, paricipants should have:

Experience with C# programming, and concepts such as Lambda expressions, LINQ, and anonymous types.
Understanding the concepts of n-tier applications.
Experience with querying and manipulating data with ADO.NET.
Knowledge of XML data structures.

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Course Outline

Module 1: Overview of service and cloud technologies

This module provides an overview of service and cloud technologies using the Microsoft .NET Framework and the Windows Azure cloud.Lessons

Key Components of Distributed Applications
Data and Data Access Technologies
Service Technologies
Cloud Computing
Exploring the Blue Yonder Airlines’ Travel Companion Application

Lab : Exploring the work environment

After completing this module, Students will be able to:

Describe the key components of distributed applications.
Describe data and data access technologies.
Explain service technologies.
Describe the features and functionalities of cloud computing.
Describe the architecture and working of the Blue Yonder Airlines Travel Companion application.

Module 2: Querying and Manipulating Data Using Entity Framework

This module Describes the Entity Framework data model, and how to create, read, update, and delete data.

Lessons

ADO.NET Overview
Creating an Entity Data Model
Querying Data
Manipulating Data

Lab : Creating a Data Access Layer by Using Entity Framework

After completing this module, Students will be able to:

Explain basic objects in ADO.NET and asynchronous operations.
Create an Entity Framework data model.
Query data by using Entity Framework.
Insert, delete, and update entities by using Entity Framework.

Module 3: Creating and Consuming ASP.NET Web API Services

This module describes HTTP-based services that are developed, hosted, and consumed by using ASP.NET Web API.Lessons

HTTP Services
Creating an ASP.NET Web API Service
Handling HTTP Requests and Responses
Hosting and Consuming ASP.NET Web API Services

Lab : Creating the Travel Reservation ASP.NET Web API Service

After completing this module, Students will be able to:

Design services by using the HTTP protocol.
Create services by using ASP.NET Web API.
Use the HttpRequestMessage/HttpResponseMessage classes to control HTTP messages.
Host and consume ASP.NET Web API services.

Module 4: Extending and Securing ASP.NET Web API Services

This module describes in detail the ASP.NET Web API architecture and how Students can extend and secure ASP.NET Web API services.Lessons

The ASP.NET Web API Pipeline
Creating OData Services
Implementing Security in ASP.NET Web API Services
Injecting Dependencies into Controllers

Lab : Extending Travel Companion’s ASP.NET Web API Services

After completing this module, Students will be able to:

Extend the ASP.NET Web API request and response pipeline.
Create OData services using ASP.NET Web API.
Secure ASP.NET Web API.
Inject dependencies into ASP.NET Web API controllers.

Module 5: Creating WCF Services

This module introduces Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and describes how to create, host, and consume a WCF service.

Lessons

Advantages of Creating Services with WCF
Creating and Implementing a Contract
Configuring and Hosting WCF Services
Consuming WCF Services

Lab : Creating and Consuming the WCF Booking Service

After completing this module, Students will be able to:

Describe why and when to use WCF to create services.
Define a service contract and implement it.
Host and configure a WCF service.
Consume a WCF service from a client application.

Module 6: Hosting Services

This module describes how to host web services both on-premises and in Windows Azure. It explains various components of Windows Azure Cloud Services: Web Role, Worker Role, and Windows Azure Web Sites.

Lessons

Hosting Services On-Premises
Hosting Services in Windows Azure

Lab : Hosting Services

After completing this module, Students will be able to:

Host services on-premises by using Windows services and IIS
Host services in the Windows Azure cloud environment by using Windows Azure Cloud Services and Web Sites

Module 7: Windows Azure Service Bus

This module describes web-scale messaging patterns, and the infrastructures provided by Windows Azure Service Bus.

Lessons

What Are Windows Azure Service Bus Relays?
Windows Azure Service Bus Queues
Windows Azure Service Bus Topics

Lab : Windows Azure Service Bus

After completing this module, Students will be able to:

Describe the purpose and functionality of relayed and buffered messaging.
Provision, configure, and use the service bus queues.
Enhance the effectiveness of queue-based communications using topics, subscriptions and filters.

Module 8: Deploying Services

This module describes different techniques for deploying web applications.Lessons

Web Deployment with Visual Studio 2012
Creating and Deploying Web Application Packages
Command-Line Tools for Web Deploy
Deploying Web and Service Applications to Windows Azure
Continuous Delivery with TFS and Git
Best Practices for Production Deployment

Lab : Deploying Services

After completing this module, Students will be able to:

Deploy web applications with Visual Studio.
Create and deploy web applications by using IIS Manager.
Deploy web applications by using the command line.
Deploy web applications to Windows Azure environments.
Use continuous delivery with TFS and Git.
Apply best practices for deploying web applications on-premises and to Windows Azure.

Module 9: Windows Azure Storage

This module Describes Windows Azure Storage, the services it provides, and the best way to use these services.

Lessons

Introduction to Windows Azure Storage
Windows Azure Blob Storage
Windows Azure Table Storage
Windows Azure Queue Storage
Restricting Access to Windows Azure Storage

Lab : Windows Azure Storage

After completing this module, Students will be able to:

Describe the architecture of Windows Azure Storage.
Implement Blob Storage in Students applications.
Use Table Storage in Students applications
Describe how to use Windows Azure Queues as a communication mechanism between different parts of Students application
Control access to Students storage items.

Module 10: Monitoring and Diagnostics

This module describes how to perform monitoring and diagnostics in Windows Azure services.Lessons

Performing Diagnostics by Using Tracing
Configuring Service Diagnostics
Monitoring Services Using Windows Azure Diagnostics
Collecting Windows Azure Metrics

Lab : Monitoring and Diagnostics

After completing this module, Students will be able to:

Perform tracing in the .NET Framework with the System.Diagnostics namespace.
Configure and explore web service and IIS tracing.
Monitor services by using Windows Azure Diagnostics.
View and collect Windows Azure metrics in the management portal.

Module 11: Identity Management and Access Control

This module describes the basic principles of modern identity handling and demonstrates how to use infrastructures such as Windows Azure Access Control Service (ACS) to implement authentication and authorization with claims-based identity in Windows Communication Foundation (WCF).Lessons

Claims-based Identity Concepts
Using the Windows Azure Access Control Service
Configuring Services to Use Federated Identities
Handling Federated Identities on the Client Side

Lab : Identity Management and Access Control

After completing this module, Students will be able to:

Describe the basic principles of claims-based identity.
Create a Security Token Service (STS) by using Windows Azure ACS.
Configure WCF to use federated identity.
Consume a WCF service that uses federated ide\ntities.

Module 12: Scaling Services

This module describes the ways in which Students can ensure services can handle increasing workloads and user demand.Lessons

Introduction to Scalability
Load Balancing
Scaling On-Premises Services with Distributed Cache
Windows Azure Caching
Caveats of Scaling Services
Scaling Globally

Lab : Scalability

After completing this module, Students will be able to:

Explain the need for scalability.
Describe how to use load balancing for scaling services.
Describe how to use distributed caching for on-premises as well as Windows Azure services.
Describe how to use Windows Azure caching.
Describe how to deal with common challenges and issues that appear when services need to scale.
Describe how to scale services globally.

Module 13: Appendix A: Designing and Extending WCF Services

This module covers designing Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) service contracts, creating services that support distributed transactions, and extending the WCF pipeline with custom runtime components and custom behaviors.

Lessons

Applying Design Principles to Service Contracts
Handling Distributed Transactions
Extending the WCF Pipeline

Lab : Designing and Extending WCF Services

After completing this module, Students will be able to:

Design and create services and clients to use different kinds of message patterns.
Configure a service to support distributed transactions.
Extend the WCF pipeline with runtime components, custom behaviors, and extensible objects.

Module 14: Appendix B: Implementing Security in WCF Services

This module deals with the various considerations Students have to take into account when designing a secure web service, such as encryption, input validation, authentication, and authorization, and the techniques to use while applying these considerations to services developed with WCF.

Lessons