This was a big chapter. This chapter introduced Event Grid by providing a couple of end-to-end solutions using storage resources and custom topics. It also introduced Azure Logic Apps as automated serverless workflows. The chapter focused heavily on creating an architecture that integrated multiple Azure services to create an end-to-end solution. The services used in the solution were Azure Automation, Azure Logic Apps, Azure Event Grids, Azure Functions, SendGrid, and Twilio. These services were implemented using Azure portal and PowerShell using service principals as service accounts. It also showed a couple of ways to create service principals with passwords and certificates authentication.
The next chapter is an important chapter for Azure cost management perspective. It is quite easy to spin new resources on Azure without knowing the actual cost of running them. Next...