Build Web Portals

 Common Web Portal Architecture Diagram

On Premises vs Cloud Computing

How to use Azure APP Service?

Azure APP Service supports .net, java, go, python, node js, Ruby, and PHP

Azure Database Service

Azure storage account

Azure Storage Account types

- Blob Storage: Save all kind of file

- File Storage: the same as Blob Storage but support SMB protocol to allow attach it for Read/Write on a containers

- Table Storage: No SQL data store

- Queue Storage: Async Message

Storage Account Endpoints

https://<storageAccountName>.blob.core.windows.net

https://<storageAccountName>.file.core.windows.net

https://<storageAccountName>.table.core.windows.net

https://<storageAccountName>.queue.core.windows.net

Type of Blobs

Block Blob: store text and binary, max size 4.75TB

Page Blob: Random read and write operation, max size 8TB, support attach to azure VM

Append Blob: optimized for append, Only appended blocks, max size 195 GB

Blobs Access Tiers

Hot Storage Tier: when data is accessed frequently, storage cost: high, access cost: low

Cold Storage Tier: for infrequent access, storage cost: low, Access cost: high

Archive Storage Tier: for rare access, storage cost: lowest, access cost: highest 

Azure Cognitive Search

Support FTS from data sources like SQL Server, Cosmos DB, Blob Storage, Table Storage….

Cognitive Search create searchable information out of unstructured contents by attaching AI to indexing pipeline.

Use case:

extract all articles that speak about UAE form all printed newspapers around the world.

We can provide you, scanned newspapers’ images. 

The main problem, that you do not know Chinese, Japanese, Turkish… 

Design Microservices Architecture with Patterns & Principles

monolithic ---> Layered - SOA ---> Microservices  ---> Event-Driven Architecture

use https://app.diagrams.net/ to create the system architect chart