In the last chapter, I tried to give you a first insight into the Azure platform with a comprehensive introduction. Now, the question arises is how is it going? At least from the viewpoint of the software architect, the question is easy to answer: first, we must make decisions about the technologies used.
OK, now I have to be honest. There is no simple answer. The reasons for this are:
- The large number of available technologies
- The ability to combine offered technologies (typical example: Azure Service Fabric - also known as Azure microservices with Azure Container Services)
But let us return to the keyword decisions now. The decisions that we have to make as a software architect are usually in two areas:
- Compute: Compute is the area in which you deploy (host) your applications. This can, for example, be done as an Azure VM, but it is...