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Mastering Azure Serverless Computing

By : Lorenzo Barbieri, Massimo Bonanni
Book Image

Mastering Azure Serverless Computing

By: Lorenzo Barbieri, Massimo Bonanni

Overview of this book

Application development has evolved from traditional monolithic app development to using serverless options and microservices. This book is designed to guide you through using Microsoft's Azure Functions to process data, integrate systems, and build simple APIs and microservices. You will discover how to apply serverless computing to speed up deployment and reduce downtime. You'll also explore Azure Functions, including its core functionalities and essential tools, along with understanding how to debug and even customize Azure Functions. In addition to this, the book will take you through how you can effectively implement DevOps and automation in your working environment. Toward the concluding chapters, you'll cover some quick tips, troubleshooting techniques, and real-world serverless use cases that will help you make the most of serverless computing. By the end of this book, you will have gained the skills you need to develop and deliver cost-effective Azure serverless solutions.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Free Chapter
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Section 1: Azure Functions 2.0 Fundamentals
5
Section 2: Azure Functions 2.0 Deployment and Automation
10
Section 3: Serverless Orchestration, API Management, and Event Processing
15
Section 4: Real-World Serverless Use Cases

Orchestration as Design - Logic Apps

In the previous chapter, you learned about one of the Azure serverless technologies that you can use to implement a workflow or to integrate external systems into your workflow. Durable Functions are a powerful tool that can be used to do this, but they are code-based functions, and their integration with external systems is poor. Durable Functions have only a dozen of the bindings that are needed to interact with enterprise systems, for example, they do not have native integration with Dynamic 365, SharePoint, or Office 365 Outlook. In enterprise scenarios, these types of integrations are very important and useful, and using Durable Functions to implement them, even if it is possible, is very hard.

In these scenarios, you can use Logic Apps that allow you to design and implement workflows and integrations with hundreds of connectors through...