Visual Studio Tools for Azure Developers
1h 19mBeginner2019-05-22
Authors
Walt Ritscher
Programmer, UI Designer, Staff Instructor at LinkedIn Learning
Course details
With the Azure-specific tools in Visual Studio, Microsoft has made it even easier for developers to transition to the cloud. In this course, instructor Walt Ritscher explains how to connect to Azure, access cloud data, and write and debug your cloud-enable code, all from within Visual Studio’s integrated development environment. Learn how to create new projects with Azure App Service, connect to data sources such as Azure SQL Server and Cosmos DB, create resource groups to manage Azure resources, build Azure functions for serverless execution of code, and monitor and debug your Azure projects.
Learning objectives
Connecting Visual Studio to Azure
Creating web projects in Azure App Service
Publishing local projects
Connecting to Azure SQL Server and Cosmos DB
Working with blob data on Azure Storage
Creating resource group projects
Creating an Azure Function app
Monitoring and debugging with the Snapshot debugger
Learning objectives
Connecting Visual Studio to Azure
Creating web projects in Azure App Service
Publishing local projects
Connecting to Azure SQL Server and Cosmos DB
Working with blob data on Azure Storage
Creating resource group projects
Creating an Azure Function app
Monitoring and debugging with the Snapshot debugger
Skills covered
Visual StudioAzureNetwork AdministrationCloud PlatformsNetwork and System AdministrationCloud ComputingMicrosoftOne-Off
Concepts
Introduction
- Develop your projects with Azure tools from the Visual Studio IDE
- What you should know
Connections and Explorers
- Server and cloud explorers
- Connect Visual Studio to your Azure accounts
- Work with Actions and Properties in Cloud Explorer
Web Projects
- View web apps in Azure App Service
- Create web projects on Azure App Service
- Publish a local project to Azure App Service
- Edit the web project
Work with Data
- Connect to Azure SQL Server
- Edit database tables
- Tour Cosmos DB on the Azure portal
- Work with Cosmos DB
- Tour Azure Storage on the Azure portal
- Work with Azure Storage
Work with Azure Resource Groups
- Tour Azure Resource Groups
- Create a Resource Group project
- Add an Azure service template
Azure Functions
- What are Azure Functions
- Create Azure Function App in Visual Studio
- Examine C# code for the Azure Function
- Test Azure function in Visual Studio
- Publish the function to the portal
Monitor and Debug
- How the Snapshot Debugger helps debug production code
- Snapshot Debugger concepts
- Use Snappoints in Visual Studio
Conclusion
- Next steps