Welcome
What will you learn in this course?
Who is the course for and prerequisites
From Zero to Hero: Cloud Architecture in Azure
Master Cloud Architecture in Microsoft's Azure cloud platform.
About This Course
A lot of software has one or more cloud components these days, and there�s a definite movement towards
cloud-first architectures. Hence, knowledge about cloud architecture has become an essential part of any
software engineer or architect�s toolbox. As you�ll notice, it�s often as much about knowing what NOT to
do as it is about knowing what to do. You�ll learn all about a time-tested approach towards architecting
cloud applications in Azure, from identifying architecture characteristics over design principles and
architecture decisions to architecture styles and mapping all of that to Azure components.
You�ll learn about the Well-architected framework, and you�ll also learn about a large variety of common
cloud design patterns, like async request-reply, pub-sub, event sourcing, CQRS, BFF and many more.
Finally, you�ll learn how to put all of it into practice by studying real-life use cases. In this course,
Kevin Dockx, a solution architect with over 20 years of experience, will help you become a (better) cloud architect.
Course Curriculum
5h 6m 8 sections
Introduction
An Introduction to Software Architecture
From Software Architecture to Cloud Architecture
The Fallacies of Distributed Computing
Common Architecture Styles in the Cloud: Microservices, Event-Driven, Web-Queue-Worker, Serverless
Bringing Together What We Learned
Introduction
Architectural Framework
A Suggested Approach
Identifying Architecture Characteristics
Design Principles, Architecture Decisions and Architectural Styles
Mapping Common Architecture Characteristics to Azure Components
Recap
Introduction
Introducing the Well-Architected Framework
The Five Pillars of the Well-Architected Framework
Common Design Principles
Working With the Well-Architected Framework
Recap
Introduction
Architecture Styles, Architecture Patterns, Design Patterns and Cloud Design Patterns - Confused Yet?
The Federated Identity Pattern
The Retry and Circuit Breaker Patterns
The Throttling and Rate Limiting Patterns
The Queue-based Load Leveling Pattern
The Asynchronous Request-Reply Pattern
The Publisher - Subscriber Pattern
The Gateway Aggregation, Gateway Offloading and Gateway Routing Patterns
The Backend for Frontend Pattern
The CQRS Pattern
The Event Sourcing Pattern
Using Event Sourcing with CQRS
The Health Endpoint Monitoring Pattern
The Strangler Fig Pattern
Bringing Together What We Learned
Introduction
Detailing the Business Case: GreenChain Logistics
Fleshing Out a Requirement: Gathering Design Principles
Fleshing out a Requirement: Architecture Decisions and Design
Documenting an Architecture with Architecture Decision Records
Recap
Introduction
Detailing the Business Case: HealthSync Solutions
Gathering Design Principles
Architecture Decisions and Design
Introduction
Detailing the Business Case: FlexiFleet
Tackling High-Volume Event Ingestion
Handling Commands
Dealing with the Read-only Model
Wrapping it Up
Meet Your Instructor
Kevin Dockx
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