Function Apps are stored using a basic file structure, as shown previously. Given this, they can be deployed through mechanisms that support a file structure in a similar way to Web Apps, including the use of continuous integration and continuous deployment.

Deployment options are available in the App Service settings.

Deployment credentials allows the setting of the username and password for deployment via FTP or Git. The FTP endpoint for the Function App can be found in Properties of the App Service.

Deployment options provides access in order to set up deployment from a number of sources.

For example, to set up Github as the deployment source, we would choose GitHub from the list. For most of the sources, we need to authorize access to the specific account. Once this has been provided, the source can be configured.

If Visual Studio Team Services is chosen as the deployment, it is not necessary to authorize access if the instance of Visual...