Next Steps¶

In no specific order…

Many other topics to cover. - at this point you should consider the following extensions of what you have learned

Helpful Resources¶

Other Cloud Services¶

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)¶

review of learned / related
key points - az cli command with --validate to output IaC JSON
links

Managed Databases¶

review of learned / related
- so far used an embedded db
- why not a good idea
  when its appropriate?
key points
links

Automation¶

CI/CD¶

review of learned / related
- worked on automated deployment scripts
  actually semi-automatic
key points
links

Desired State Configuration With PowerShell¶

review of learned / related
key points
links

Dependent Topics¶

OS Utilization¶

access control
service management
firewalls

Security¶

review of learned / related
key points
links - (best practices: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/best-practices-and-patterns)

Networking¶

review of learned / related - like LANs you can control
key points -
links

Public Key Infrastructure¶

review of learned / related
key points
links
next steps - decoupling services (managed databases, subnets) - load balancing - security (firewalls, vulnerabilities) - CI/CD (automation, code quality, testing) - monitoring (logging, notifications, automation) - docker containerization - 12 factor apps (cloud-native devops)