Azure Service Fabric Microservices Training in Dublin, Ireland

This course provides participants with hands-on experience in building microservices applications using Azure Service Fabric. It covers Service Fabric architecture, deployment, cluster management, reliable services/actors, container integration, monitoring, and scaling. Participants will also learn how to apply best practices for designing cloud-native, resilient, and high-performance microservices solutions.

Fundamentals & Setup

• Introduction to Microservices Architecture

  • Monoliths vs Microservices

  • Benefits and challenges of microservices

• Azure Service Fabric Overview

  • Cluster architecture and concepts

  • Node types, application model, and partitions

• Setting Up Service Fabric Environment

  • Local development cluster setup

  • Azure Service Fabric cluster provisioning

Developing Microservices on Service Fabric

• Reliable Services Programming Model

  • Stateful vs Stateless services

  • Data persistence and reliability

• Reliable Actors Programming Model

  • Actor lifecycle and communication

  • Use cases for actors in microservices

• Working with Containers in Service Fabric

  • Deploying Docker containers

  • Hybrid applications (containers + reliable services)

Operations, Scaling & DevOps

• Application Lifecycle Management

  • Versioning, upgrades, and rolling deployments

  • Health monitoring and repair

• Monitoring & Diagnostics

  • Using Service Fabric Explorer

  • Logs, events, and metrics with Application Insights

• Scaling & High Availability

  • Load balancing and partition strategies

  • Self-healing services and fault domains

• CI/CD with Azure DevOps

  • Pipelines for build, test, and deployment

  • Best practices for DevOps with Service Fabric

Hands-on Exercises

Summary and Conclusion