Azure for .NET developers

Learn to use the Azure SDK for .NET. Browse API reference, sample code, tutorials, quickstarts, conceptual articles and more. Know that .NET 💜 Azure.

Overview

Introduction to Azure and .NET

Quickstart

Create an ASP.NET Core web app in Azure

Quickstart

Build a serverless function

Tutorial

ASP.NET Core and Docker

Deploy

Deploy a .NET app with Azure DevOps

Tutorial

Authentication end-to-end in App Service

Learn

Secure custom APIs with Microsoft Identity

Get Started

Azure SDK for .NET

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Learn to develop .NET apps leveraging a variety of Azure services.

Create web apps

• App Service overview
• Azure Functions overview
• Host a web app with Azure App Service
• Develop, test, and deploy an Azure Function with Visual Studio
• Publish and manage your APIs with Azure API Management
• ASP.NET Core web app with App Service and Azure SQL Database
• Managed identity with ASP.NET and Azure SQL Database
• Web API with CORS in Azure App Service

Create cloud native apps

• Run and debug a microservice in Kubernetes
• Create and deploy a cloud-native ASP.NET Core microservice
• Deploy and debug multiple containers in AKS
• Dynamic configuration and feature flags using Azure App Config
• Deploy a .NET Core app to Azure Container Registry

Create mobile apps

• Consume REST services from Azure in Xamarin apps
• Create a Xamarin.Forms app with .NET SDK and Azure Cosmos DB's API for MongoDB
• Azure Blob storage client library with Xamarin.Forms
• Send push notifications to Xamarin.Forms apps using ASP.NET Core and Azure Notification Hubs
• Add authentication and manage user identities in your mobile apps

Work with storage & data

• Choose the right data storage option
• Use .NET to query a Azure SQL Database or Azure SQL Managed Instance
• Use .NET to query Azure PostgreSQL
• Use the Repository Pattern with Azure Cosmos DB
• Connect to and query an Azure Database for PostgreSQL database
• Persist and retrieve relational data with Entity Framework Core
• Build a .NET Core app with Azure Cosmos DB in Visual Studio Code
• Store application data with Azure Blob storage

Authentication and security

• Microsoft identity platform (Azure AD) overview
• Secure your application by using OpenID Connect and Azure AD
• Secure custom APIs with Microsoft Identity
• Secure an ASP.NET Core web app with the ASP.NET Identity framework
• Add sign-in to Microsoft to an ASP.NET web app
• End-to-end authentication in App Service
• Use Azure Key Vault with ASP.NET Core
• Integrate Azure AD B2C with a web API
• Azure Identity client library for .NET

Messaging on Azure

• Storing messages with Azure queues
• Inter-application messaging with Azure Service Bus
• Streaming big data with Event Hubs
• Building event-based applications with Event Grid
• Use Azure Queue Storage
• Use Azure Service Bus queues
• Ingest data in real-time through Azure Event Hubs
• Route custom events with Event Grid

Diagnostics and monitoring

• Azure Monitor Application Insights quickstart
• Capture and view page load times in your Azure web app
• Troubleshoot ASP.NET Core on Azure App Service and IIS
• Capture Application Insights telemetry with .NET Core ILogger
• Application Insights for Worker Service applications
• Troubleshoot an app in Azure App Service using Visual Studio

Migration

• Choose an Azure hosting option
• Migrate a .NET web app or service to Azure App Service
• Migrate an ASP.NET app to an Azure VM
• Migrate a SQL Server database to Azure

Azure SDK for .NET

• Packages
• Authentication for apps
• Logging
• SDK example app
• Tools checklist
• API reference

.NET and Azure community resources

.NET

• .NET documentation
• ASP.NET documentation

Webcasts and shows

• Azure Friday
• The Cloud Native Show
• On .NET
• .NET Community Standup
• The .NET Docs Show

Open Source

• Azure SDK for .NET
• Microsoft Identity Web
• .NET Platform

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