Microsoft Azure Networking / IT Best Practices - Microsoft Press (PDF)

Proven best practices for success with every Azure networking service

For cloud environments to operate and scale optimally, their networking services must be designed, deployed, and managed well. Now, there's a complete, best-practice guide to doing just that. Writing for everyone involved in delivering Azure workloads and services, leading cloud consultant Avinash Valiramani provides a deep dive and practical field advice for Azure Virtual Networks, Azure VPN Gateways, Azure Load Balancing, Azure Traffic Manager, Azure Firewall, Azure DNS, Azure Bastion, Azure Front Door and more. Whatever your role in delivering efficient, scalable networking services, this guide will help you make the most of your Azure investment.

Leading Azure consultant Avinash Valiramani shows how to:

• Use Azure Virtual Networks to establish a backbone for hosting other Azure resources
• Provide HTTP/HTTPS load-balancing and routing for web servers and apps through Azure Application Gateway
• Connect on-premises and other public networks to Azure for secure communications using the Azure VPN Gateway service
• Provide secure load balancing to apps from internal and public networks using Azure Load Balancer services
• Integrate Azure Firewall to centrally protect Azure resources across multiple subscriptions
• Access globally scaled, fully-managed DNS services with 100% SLA from the closest Azure DNS servers
• Provide optimal network routing to the closest application endpoint for public-facing applications with Azure Traffic Manager
• Use Microsoft's global edge network along with Azure Front Door to speed up access, harden security and enhance scalability for consuming-facing and internal web applications

Also look for these Definitive Guides to Azure success:

• Microsoft Azure Compute: The Definitive Guide
• Microsoft Azure Monitoring and Management: The Definitive Guide
• Microsoft Azure Storage: The Definitive Guide