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, focusing on availability, scalability, security, and performance.
2. Cloud adoption models and the associated trade-offs across IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS, including shared responsibility models.
3. Key components of Azure architecture, such as Regions, Resource Groups, and individual Resources.
4. Designing mission-critical architectures and understanding disaster recovery targets, specifically RTO and RPO.

Part II: Core Cloud Services

1. Storage and data foundations, covering Azure Table Storage and Azure Cosmos DB.
2. Compute and container platforms, specifically Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Azure Container Registry (ACR).
3. Relational data management and messaging services, including Azure SQL Database and Azure Service Bus.
4. Practical exercises for each service, focusing on configuration, deployment, and evaluation against criteria like availability, performance, security, and cost.
5. Implementing Infrastructure as Code using Bicep to ensure reproducible environments.

Day 2: Architecture Leadership and Clean Architecture

Part III: The Architect

1. Defining software architecture and understanding various architectural viewpoints.
2. The roles, responsibilities, and decision-making ownership of the software architect.
3. Creating architecture 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. Clean Architecture principles, emphasizing separation of concerns, dependency direction, and long-term maintainability.
2. Evaluating the pros and cons of selecting specific cloud services for monolithic modernisation.
3. Practical lab: Build and deploy a Clean Architecture solution in Azure using .NET.

Day 3: Domain Driven and Distributed Architectures

Part V: DDD, CQRS, and Event Sourcing

1. Fundamentals of Domain-Driven Design (DDD), including domain boundaries, ubiquitous language, and model-driven design.
2. Concepts of CQRS and Event Sourcing, applied to complex and evolving business domains.
3. Architectural patterns commonly employed in DDD-based cloud solutions.
4. Practical lab: Apply Event Sourcing as a requirement-driven design technique, mapping requirements to events, aggregates, and event flows.

Part VI: Microservices

1. Principles of microservices architecture and the trade-offs inherent in distributed systems.
2. Evaluating the advantages and disadvantages of specific cloud services for microservices-based solutions.
3. Synchronous and asynchronous communication styles in microservices, incorporating reliability patterns like circuit breakers and resiliency strategies.
4. Ensuring testability in microservices through CI/CD practices, including contract testing, defining integration testing boundaries, automated quality gates, and deployment confidence.
5. Practical lab: Build and deploy microservices in Azure using .NET.