Master Cloud Architecture in Microsoft's Azure cloud platform.
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.
Curriculum
Welcome (02:23)
What will you learn in this course? (03:04)
Who is the course for and prerequisites (00:58)
Introduction (01:11)
An Introduction to Software Architecture (09:24)
From Software Architecture to Cloud Architecture (02:52)
The Fallacies of Distributed Computing (07:09)
Common Architecture Styles in the Cloud: Microservices, Event-Driven, Web-Queue-Worker, Serverless (19:29)
Bringing Together What We Learned (02:55)
Introduction (00:58)
Architectural Framework (02:46)
A Suggested Approach (08:48)
Identifying Architecture Characteristics (08:27)
Design Principles, Architecture Decisions and Architectural Styles (06:47)
Mapping Common Architecture Characteristics to Azure Components (06:14)
Recap (02:38)
Introduction (00:37)
Introducing the Well-Architected Framework (07:38)
The Five Pillars of the Well-Architected Framework (08:28)
Common Design Principles (03:11)
Working With the Well-Architected Framework (11:39)
Recap (03:06)
Introduction (01:22)
Architecture Styles, Architecture Patterns, Design Patterns and Cloud Design Patterns - Confused Yet? (05:36)
The Federated Identity Pattern (07:49)
The Retry and Circuit Breaker Patterns (06:23)
The Throttling and Rate Limiting Patterns (08:33)
The Queue-based Load Leveling Pattern (05:10)
The Asynchronous Request-Reply Pattern (05:17)
The Publisher - Subscriber Pattern (05:21)
The Gateway Aggregation, Gateway Offloading and Gateway Routing Patterns (08:03)
The Backend for Frontend Pattern (08:31)
The CQRS Pattern (08:43)
The Event Sourcing Pattern (07:32)
Using Event Sourcing with CQRS (03:41)
The Health Endpoint Monitoring Pattern (04:29)
The Strangler Fig Pattern (02:46)
Bringing Together What We Learned (01:26)
Introduction (01:34)
Detailing the Business Case: GreenChain Logistics (04:17)
Fleshing Out a Requirement: Gathering Design Principles (07:53)
Fleshing out a Requirement: Architecture Decisions and Design (13:45)
Documenting an Architecture with Architecture Decision Records (07:17)
Recap (01:56)
Introduction (00:15)
Detailing the Business Case: HealthSync Solutions (01:54)
Gathering Design Principles (04:19)
Architecture Decisions and Design (11:24)
Introduction (00:16)
Detailing the Business Case: FlexiFleet (04:52)
Tackling High-Volume Event Ingestion (10:13)
Handling Commands (07:10)
Dealing with the Read-only Model (16:51)
Wrapping it Up (00:35)
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About the Author
Kevin Dockx
Kevin is a freelance solution architect, author & consultant, living in Antwerp (Belgium). He started working in the IT sector over 20 years ago, and is an 11-time Microsoft MVP. He's focused on architecture & security for web applications & integration components, using .NET and Azure. He's a keen proponent of open-source software. Also: wine.
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