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Table Of Contents
Azure for Developers - Third Edition
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In this chapter, we took a look at Azure Container Instances – a serverless platform for running ad hoc jobs and simple services. We discussed how a container can be started using Azure Container Instances and what kind of operations are available when it’s running. We also talked about batch jobs and how you could utilize Azure Container Instances in such a scenario. While those are quite simple scenarios, they should provide enough information for you to be able to start working with Azure Container Instances on your own.
One of the major topics in this chapter was related to using Azure Container Instances with web applications as an additional component or layer responsible for proceeding with data in an asynchronous way. Having that kind of understanding of how you’re supposed to work with various cloud services will become handy when designing your own systems. While you could implement most functionalities using only a single service, incorporating...