num_pages: 182
description: If your team is investigating ways to design applications for the cloud this concise book introduces 11 architecture patterns that can help you take advantage of cloud-platform services. Youll learn how each of these platform-agnostic patterns work when they might be useful in the cloud and what impact theyll have on your application architecture. Youll also see an example of each pattern applied to an application built with Windows Azure. The patterns are organized into four major topics such as scalability and handling failure and primer chapters provide background on each topic. With the information in this book youll be able to make informed decisions for designing effective cloud-native applications that maximize the value of cloud services while also paying attention to user experience and operational efficiency. Learn about architectural patterns 
language: English
title: Cloud Architecture Patterns: Using Microsoft Azure
publisher: O'Reilly Media