20487 - Developing Windows Azure and Web Services
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Course Overview
In this course, you will learn to design and develop services that access local and remote data from various data sources. You will also learn to develop and deploy services to hybrid environments, including on-premises servers and Windows Azure.
Course Length: 5 days
Prerequisites: Experience with C# programming, including Lambda expressions, LINQ, and anonymous types. Understanding of n-tier applications. Experience with querying and manipulating data with ADO.NET. Knowledge of XML data structures. MOC 20480 and MOC 20486 or equivalent working knowledge.
Audience: Novice and experienced .NET developers with a minimum of six months programming experience
What You're Going To Learn
- Query and manipulate data with Entity Framework
- Use ASP.NET Web API to create HTTP-based services and consume them from .NET and non-.NET clients
- Extend ASP.NET Web API services using message handlers, model binders, action filters, and media type formatters
- Create SOAP-based services with the Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and consume them from .NET clients
- Apply design principles to service contracts and extend WCF services using custom runtime components and behaviors
- Secure WCF services using transport and message security
- Use Windows Azure Service Bus for relayed messaging and brokered messaging using queues and topics
- Host services on-premises servers and on various Windows Azure environments, including web roles, worker roles, and web sites
- Deploy services to both on-premise servers and Windows Azure
- Store and access data in Windows Azure storage and configure storage access rights
- Monitor and log services, both on-premise and in Windows Azure
- Implement federated authentication using ACS with ASP.NET Web API services
- Create scalable, load-balanced services
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Course Outline
1. Service and Cloud Technologies
- Key components of distributed applications
- Data and data access technologies
- Service technologies
- Cloud computing
- Exploring Blue Yonder Airlines’ travel companion application
2. Querying and Manipulating Data Using Entity Framework
- ADO.NET
- Creating an entity data model
- Querying data
- Manipulating data
3. Creating and Consuming ASP.NET Web API Services
- What are HTTP services?
- Creating an ASP.NET Web API service
- Handling HTTP requests and responses
- Hosting and consuming ASP.NET Web API services
4. Extending and Securing ASP.NET Web API Services
- ASP.NET Web API request pipeline
- ASP.NET Web API response pipeline
- Creating OData services
- Implementing security in ASP.NET Web API services
- Injecting dependencies into controllers
5. Creating WCF Services
- Advantages of creating services with WCF
- Creating and implementing a contract
- Configuring and hosting WCF services
- Consuming WCF services
6. Hosting Services
- Hosting Services On-Premise
- Hosting Services in Windows Azure
7. Windows Azure Service Bus
- Windows Azure Service Bus Relays
- Windows Azure Service Bus Queues and Topics
8. Deploying Services
- Web Deployment with Visual Studio 2012
- Creating and Deploying Web Application Packages
- Command-Line Tools for Web Deploy
- Deploy Web and Service Applications to Windows Azure
- Continuous Delivery with TFS and Git
- Best Practices for Production Deployment
9. Windows Azure Storage
- Introduction to Windows Azure Storage
- Windows Azure Blot Storage, Table Storage, and Queue Storage
- Restricting Access to Windows Azure Storage
10. Monitoring and Diagnostics
- Performing diagnostics using tracing
- Configuring service diagnostics
- Monitoring services using Windows Azure diagnostics
- Collecting Windows Azure metrics
11. Identity Management and Access Control
- Claim-based identity concepts
- Using the Windows Azure Access Control Service
- Configuring services to use federated identities
- Handling federated identities in the client side
12. Scaling Services
- Scalability
- Load balancing
- Scaling on-premise services with distributed cache
- Windows Azure caching
- Caveats of scaling services
- Scaling globally
Classroom Live Labs
Lab 1: Explore the Work Environment
- Create a Windows Azure SQL database
- Create an Entity Data Model
- Manage the Entity Framework Model with an ASP.NET Web API Project
- Deploy a web application to Windows Azure
Lab 2: Create a Data Access Layer Using Entity Framework
- Create a data model
- Query and manipulate data
Lab 3: Create the Travel Reservation ASP.NET Web API Service
- Create an ASP.NET Web API service
- Consume an ASP.NET Web API service
Lab 4: Extend Travel Companion’s ASP.NET Web API Services
- Create a dependency resolver for repositories
- Add a new media type for RSS requests
- Add OData capabilities to the flight schedule service
- Apply validation rules in the booking service
- Secure the communication between client and server
Lab 5: Create and Consume the WCF Booking Service
- Create the WCF booking service
- Configure and host the WCF service
- Consume the WCF service from the ASP.NET Web API booking service
Lab 6: Hosting Services
- Host the WCF Services in IIS
- Host the ASP.NET Web API Services in a Windows Azure Web Role
- Host the Flights Management Web Application in a Windows Azure Web Site
Lab 7: Windows Azure Service Bus
- Use a Service Bus Relay for the WCF Booking Service
- Publish Flight Updates to Clients by using Windows Azure Service Bus Queues
Lab 8: Deploying Services
- Deploy an Updated Service to Windows Azure
- Export and import an IIS deployment package
Lab 9: Windows Azure Storage
- Store Content in Windows Azure Storage
- Store Content in Windows Azure Table Storage
- Create Shared Access Signatures for Blobs
Lab 10: Monitoring and Diagnostics
- Configure WCF Tracing and Message Logging
- Configure Windows Azure Diagnostics
Lab 11: Identity Management and Access Control
- Configure Windows Azure ACS
- Integrate ACS with the ASP.NET Web API Project
- Deploy the Web Application to Windows Azure and Configure the Client App
Lab 12: Scalability
- Use Windows Azure Caching
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