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Architecting for High Availability in Microsoft Azure

Anything that can fail, will. How do we build cloud-based systems that survive failures? In this course, you'll learn how to use Azure storage, databases, compute, integration, and networking in a highly available way.

Richard Seroter - Pluralsight course - Architecting for High Availability in Microsoft Azure
by Richard Seroter

What you'll learn

In our embrace of cloud computing we've learned that anything that can fail, will. In this course, you will learn the skills you need to create highly-available, resilient cloud applications. First, you will hear about the core patterns and approaches to high availability. Next, you will dig into Azure Storage and how to configure it for maximum availability. After that, you'll see how to create a resilient data tier with Azure's many database options. Next, you'll learn what it takes to create highly-available compute in the Azure cloud. Before finishing, you'll even see how to set up resilient Azure integration services and networking between components. When you're finished, you'll have the understanding and hands-on experience needed to architect and deploy applications that stay online under almost any circumstance.

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About the author

Richard Seroter - Pluralsight course - Architecting for High Availability in Microsoft Azure
Richard Seroter

Richard Seroter is a Director of Outbound Product Management at Google Cloud, with a master’s degree in Engineering from the University of Colorado. He’s also an instructor at Pluralsight, lead InfoQ.com editor for cloud computing, frequent public speaker, author of multiple books on software design and development, and former 12-time Microsoft MVP for cloud. Richard maintains a regularly updated blog on topics of architecture and solution design and can be found on Twitter as @rseroter.

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