Automating Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Services: From the Data Center to the Cloud with Powershell - Softcover

Washam, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1491944897 ISBN 13: 9781491944899

Publisher: O′Reilly, 2014

Synopsis

Get valuable tips and techniques for automating your cloud deployments with Azure PowerShell cmdlets, and learn how to provision Azure services on the fly. In this hands-on guide, Microsoft cloud technology expert Michael Washam shows you how to automate various management tasks and deploy solutions that are both complex and at scale.

By combining the native automation capabilities of PowerShell with Azure Infrastructure Services, these powerful cmdlets enable you to create and configure virtual machines with ease. You’ll learn how to take advantage of these technologies to build complete virtual networks. If you have experience with PowerShell and Azure, you’re ready to get started.

• Install and authenticate cmdlets to set up your environment
• Create and update virtual machines with Azure platform images
• Manage network endpoints, access control lists, and IP addresses
• Use cmdlets to manage and configure virtual machine storage
• Automate Azure virtual networks with hybrid technologies such as site-to-site, point-to-site, and ExpressRoute
• Dive into advanced virtual machine provisioning capabilities and management techniques
• Learn tips and tricks for deleting or moving virtual machines within (or out of) your subscription

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About the Author

Michael is a Principal Cloud Architect with Aditi. Before joining Aditi, Michael was a 15 year Microsoft veteran with numerous years of application development consulting experience focusing on Native Code, ASP.NET, SQL Server, SharePoint and of course Windows. Along with deep technical experience in the consulting space, Michael has been a Senior Technical Evangelist focusing on Infrastructure as a Service and was the original designer and developer of the Windows Azure PowerShell cmdlets for Compute (IaaS/PaaS/VNET). More recently he was a Senior Program Manager for the Windows Azure Cloud Services SDK and the WA PowerShell cmdlets. Michael is a frequent conference speaker with sessions at BUILD, TechEd and numerous others. His focus is on cloud computing, web development and server workloads. Michael is based out of Lantana, Texas, and when he's not writing or talking about code, he enjoys spending time with his family in the Texas sun.

Edition details

• Publisher: O′Reilly
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1491944897
• ISBN 13: 9781491944899
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 178