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Cloud Debugging and Profiling in Microsoft Azure

Application Performance Management in the Cloud

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  • Teaches debugging and profiling best practices for 12 different services
  • Presents detailed customer examples of managing app performance, troubleshooting, debugging, and bug fixing
  • Provides tips and data tables to give a better understanding of the problems and how to architect the right solution that will meet your unique needs

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. Building Solutions in the Azure Cloud

    • Jeffrey Chilberto, Sjoukje Zaal, Gaurav Aroraa, Ed Price
    Pages 1-19
  3. Exploring the Azure Portal

    • Jeffrey Chilberto, Sjoukje Zaal, Gaurav Aroraa, Ed Price
    Pages 21-51
  4. Services in the Cloud

    • Jeffrey Chilberto, Sjoukje Zaal, Gaurav Aroraa, Ed Price
    Pages 53-101
  5. Application Insights

    • Jeffrey Chilberto, Sjoukje Zaal, Gaurav Aroraa, Ed Price
    Pages 103-146
  6. Azure Web Apps

    • Jeffrey Chilberto, Sjoukje Zaal, Gaurav Aroraa, Ed Price
    Pages 147-175
  7. Databases and Storage

    • Jeffrey Chilberto, Sjoukje Zaal, Gaurav Aroraa, Ed Price
    Pages 177-214
  8. Identity Security with Azure Active Directory

    • Jeffrey Chilberto, Sjoukje Zaal, Gaurav Aroraa, Ed Price
    Pages 215-234
  9. Build and Release Automation

    • Jeffrey Chilberto, Sjoukje Zaal, Gaurav Aroraa, Ed Price
    Pages 235-317
  10. External Tooling

    • Jeffrey Chilberto, Sjoukje Zaal, Gaurav Aroraa, Ed Price
    Pages 319-335
  11. Visualizing the Health of a Solution

    • Jeffrey Chilberto, Sjoukje Zaal, Gaurav Aroraa, Ed Price
    Pages 337-367
  12. Back Matter

    Pages 369-377

About this book

Use this collection of best practices and tips for assessing the health of a solution. This book provides detailed techniques and instructions to quickly diagnose aspects of your Azure cloud solutions.

The initial chapters of this book introduce you to the many facets of Microsoft Azure, explain why and how building for the cloud differs from on-premise development, and outline the need for a comprehensive strategy to debugging and profiling in Azure. You learn the major types of blades (FaaS, SaaS, PaaS, IaaS), how different views can be created for different scenarios, and you will become familiar with the Favorites section, Cost Management & Billing blade, support, and Cloud Shell. You also will know how to leverage Application Insights for application performance management, in order to achieve a seamless cloud development experience. Application Insights, Log Analytics, and database storage topics are covered. The authors further guide you on identity security with Azure AD and continuous delivery with CI and CD covered in detail along with the capabilities of Azure DevOps. And you are exposed to external tooling and trouble shooting in a production environment. 


After reading this book, you will be able to apply methods to key Azure services, including App Service (Web Apps, Function Apps, and Logic Apps), Cloud Services, Azure Container Service,  Azure Active Directory, Azure Storage, Azure SQL Database, Cosmos DB, Log Analytics, and many more.




What You Will Learn
  • Debug and manage the performance of your applications 
  • Leverage Application Insights for application performance management
  • Extend and automate CI/CD with the help of various build tools, including Azure DevOps,  TeamCity, and Cake bootstrapper



Who This Book Is For



Application developers, designers, and DevOps personnel who want to find a one-stop shop in best practices for managing their application’s performance in the cloud and for debugging the issues accordingly



Authors and Affiliations

  • Auckland, New Zealand

    Jeffrey Chilberto

  • Lisse, The Netherlands

    Sjoukje Zaal

  • Ghaziabad, India

    Gaurav Aroraa

  • Redmond, USA

    Ed Price

About the authors

Jeffrey Chilberto is a software consultant specializing in the Microsoft technical stack, including Azure, BizTalk, MVC, WCF, and SQL Server. He has enterprise development experience in a wide range of industries, including banking, telecommunications, and healthcare in the USA, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.



Sjoukje Zaal is a managing consultant, Microsoft Cloud architect, and Microsoft Azure MVP with over 15 years of experience providing architecture, development, consultancy, and design expertise. She works at Capgemini, a global leader in consulting, technology services, and digital transformation.


Gaurav Aroraa is a serial entrepreneur and startup mentor. He has a MPhil in computer science, and is a Microsoft MVP award recipient. He is a lifetime member of the Computer Society of India (CSI), an advisory member and senior mentor of IndiaMentor, certified as a Scrum trainer/coach, ITIL-F certified, and PRINCE-F and PRINCE-P certified. He is an open source developer, and a contributor to the Microsoft TechNet community. Recently, he was awarded the Icon of the Year for Excellence in Mentoring Technology Startups for the 2018-19 by Radio City, which is a Jagran Initiative, for his extraordinary work during his career of 22 years in the industry and the field of technology mentoring.



Ed Price is Senior Program Manager in Engineering at Microsoft, with an MBA in technology management. He ran Microsoft customer feedback programs for Azure Development and Visual Studio. He also was a technical writer at Microsoft for six years, helped lead TechNet Wiki, and now leads efforts to publish key guidance from AzureCAT (Customer Advisory Team).

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Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 69.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

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