Project 1 — Production-Grade E-Commerce System (Highly Recommended) Why this project?

Short answer: Because it covers 80% of Azure interview questions Architecture Overview: Services: Order Service (.NET API) Payment Service Inventory Service Notification Service Azure Stack: API Hosting → Azure App Service Messaging → Azure Service Bus Database → Azure SQL Cache → Azure Redis Secrets → Azure Key Vault Monitoring → Application Insights Real Flow:

Real-world example (ShopNest)

ShopNest on Azure typically uses App Service + SQL Database + Blob Storage + Application Insights for monitoring.

Say this in the interview

1. Define — one clear sentence (the short answer above).
2. Example — relate it to a project like ShopNest or your real work.
3. Trade-off — when you would not use it.