Deploying the right Microsoft Azure technologies

So, how does each scenario work technically? How can we deploy tightly coupled and loosely coupled containers, and can we technically spot the difference? In this chapter, we will deploy both types of solutions. Don’t worry, we will revisit the Linux and Windows container hybrid in Chapter 15, Azure Kubernetes Service – The Next Steps. For now, let’s use the following scenario and see how we can answer the preceding questions and determine which Azure technology is the right fit.

A software company provides an e-commerce shop that allows its customers to buy licenses. For the billing part, they have built an API that is leveraged by the frontend e-commerce shop itself or, in some cases, is directly available for end customers to integrate with existing systems. They have recently containerized their solution and now want to run it in Microsoft Azure. They are still unsure whether they should deploy these containers...