Software Architecture 3 days Training Course

Day 1: Cloud Foundations and Core Services

Part I: Cloud Architecture Foundations

1. Core principles of cloud architecture and non-functional requirements, including availability, scalability, security, and performance.
2. Cloud adoption models and associated trade-offs: IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and the shared responsibility model.
3. Key components of Azure architecture: Regions, Resource Groups, and individual Resources.
4. Designing mission-critical architectures and understanding disaster recovery targets (RTO and RPO).

Part II: Core Cloud Services

1. Storage and data fundamentals: exploring Azure Table Storage and Azure Cosmos DB.
2. Compute and container platforms: an overview of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Azure Container Registry (ACR).
3. Relational data and messaging systems: utilizing Azure SQL Database and Azure Service Bus.
4. Practical exercises for each service, covering configuration, deployment, and evaluation against criteria such as availability, performance, security, and pricing.
5. Implementing Infrastructure as Code with Bicep to ensure reproducible environments.

Day 2: Architecture Leadership and Clean Architecture

Part III: The Architect

1. Defining software architecture and exploring various architectural viewpoints.
2. The roles, responsibilities, and decision-making ownership of a software architect.
3. Architecting specifications and communicating effectively with both technical and business stakeholders.
4. A practical roadmap for becoming an effective software architect.

Part IV: Managing Dependencies in Monoliths

1. Principles of Clean Architecture: focusing on separation of concerns, dependency direction, and long-term maintainability.
2. Selecting appropriate cloud services for monolithic modernization, weighing the advantages and disadvantages.
3. Hands-on lab: constructing and deploying a Clean Architecture solution in Azure using .NET.

Day 3: Domain Driven and Distributed Architectures

Part V: DDD, CQRS, and Event Sourcing

1. Domain-Driven Design fundamentals: establishing domain boundaries, creating a ubiquitous language, and implementing model-driven design.
2. Concepts of CQRS and Event Sourcing tailored for complex, evolving business domains.
3. Architectural patterns commonly employed in DDD-based cloud solutions.
4. Hands-on lab: applying Event Sourcing as a requirements-driven design technique, moving from requirements to events, aggregates, and event flows.

Part VI: Microservices

1. Principles of microservices architecture and the trade-offs involved in distributed systems.
2. Choosing cloud services for microservices-based solutions, considering both benefits and drawbacks.
3. Synchronous and asynchronous communication styles in microservices, including reliability patterns like circuit breakers and resiliency strategies.
4. Ensuring testability in microservices and CI/CD pipelines: covering contract testing, integration testing boundaries, automated quality gates, and deployment confidence.
5. Hands-on lab: building and deploying microservices in Azure using .NET.