20487 - Developing Windows Azure and Web Services

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$999

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$2975

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