Working with Containers in Azure

This chapter will bring together what you have learned in previous chapters of the book as we will discuss how to leverage core Azure services to architect your solutions.

This chapter will cover the main reasons containers are relevant for organizations and help you understand the different services available in Azure to work with containers. Then, we will dive deep into how to work with the various services in Azure related to containers and their components.

By the end of this chapter, you will better understand the multiple Azure offerings for containers and their differences. Chances are, you already manage infrastructure in your organization, such as virtual machines and their components.

We’ll be covering the following main topics:

• Understanding cloud-native applications
• Understanding the difference between virtual machines and containers
• Azure Container Instances
• Working with Azure containers
• Creating...