Learn Microsoft Azure Step by Step in 7 days for .NET Developers

Moving application to the cloud involves more than choosing a server. Developers also need to understand which Azure services handle hosting, background work, messaging, and event-driven tasks—and when each is a sensible fit. Saillesh Pawar’s seven-day guide approaches Microsoft Azure through that practical decision-making lens, with examples geared developers.

Start with the cloud-service choices

The opening chapters set cloud computing against the traditional data-center model, then introduce service categories such as IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and function-based services. From there, the book compares Azure options including virtual machines, web apps, Cloud Services, WebJobs, Azure Functions, and Logic Apps. The emphasis is not simply on naming services, but on recognizing how their roles differ.

Follow a project from setup to deployment

The sequence turns quickly to implementation. Readers work through setting up an Azure account and creating a web app, then build and deploy a sample Core application. The material also addresses creating an Azure SQL resource and connecting to the database, giving the early chapters a clear application-development thread.

Explore background work and messaging

Later chapters move beyond the request-and-response pattern of a website. Pawar covers timer-triggered and continuously running WebJobs, then demonstrates Service Bus-triggered jobs and an email workflow using SendGrid. These examples introduce ways to connect background processing and messaging with a web application.

From Cloud Services to Azure Functions

The final part examines Cloud Services, including web and worker roles, deployment, and remote access, before turning to Azure Functions and serverless computing. Across the seven-day structure, readers encounter several approaches to hosting and running application logic in Azure.

Who may find this guide useful

This book is written and C# developers and assumes some prior familiarity with IIS, C#, and MVC. Its practical orientation may also suit computing students who want a guided introduction to Azure application development. The focus is development and service selection, rather than Azure administration or cloud migration.