94% of all enterprises depend upon cloud services. Gain the edge in your career with this essential guide to the fundamental concepts and platforms of cloud computing.

Cloud computing is part of our everyday lives, from cloud backups of personal data to cloud platforms powering businesses around the world. But do you really understand how cloud computing works? This comprehensive guide demystifies key concepts and gives you the confidence you need to succeed in this sector.

Confident Cloud includes key concepts from FinOps and DevOps to Kubernets and automation. This is supported by practical guidance on working in the industry, alongside a variety of fascinating case studies, clarifying how cloud infrastructure is effectively deployed and maintained.

About the Confident series...
From coding and data science to cloud and cybersecurity, the Confident books are perfect for building your technical knowledge and enhancing your professional career.

94% of all enterprises depend upon cloud services. Gain the edge in your career with this essential guide to the fundamental concepts and platforms of cloud computing.

Cloud computing is part of our everyday lives, from cloud backups of personal data to cloud platforms powering businesses around the world. But do you really understand how cloud computing works? This comprehensive guide demystifies key concepts and gives you the confidence you need to succeed in this sector.

Confident Cloud includes key concepts from FinOps and DevOps to Kubernets and automation. This is supported by practical guidance on working in the industry, alongside a variety of fascinating case studies, clarifying how cloud infrastructure is effectively deployed and maintained.

About the Confident series...
From coding and data science to cloud and cybersecurity, the Confident books are perfect for building your technical knowledge and enhancing your professional career.

The perfect DevOps guide for beginning Azure users

In Beginning Azure DevOps: Planning, Building, Testing and Releasing Software Applications on Azure, award-winning software engineer Adora Nwodo delivers a beginner's guide to DevOps on the Microsoft-powered Azure cloud platform. In the book, you'll learn to deploy Azure's built-in DevOps tools required to plan, build, test, and ship applications.

The author explains how to use Azure's functionality for project management, version control, code testing, and continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD). She discusses how to plan software development projects from start to finish using Agile and Scrum techniques. Readers will also find:

• Updated source code repositories on GitHub with instructive practice exercises
• Strategies for improving collaboration and automating your code-to-cloud workflows
• Techniques for securing your code with advanced capabilities

An essential resource for Azure novices who hope to learn about the myriad possibilities unlocked by Azure DevOps tools, Beginning Azure DevOps will also earn a place in the libraries of software professionals familiar with other cloud platforms who hope to gain a foothold in the Azure cloud environment.