Azure for Developers: Implementing and Developing Functions

Get an overview of Azure Functions—an event-driven, serverless compute platform—and review scenarios for integration with other Azure cloud services.

Azure Functions is an event-driven, serverless compute platform that enables on-demand code generation. If you want to build serverless solutions using Microsoft Azure—or you're just curious about how Azure Functions works—then this course is for you. Join instructor Tiago Costa as he provides a comprehensive overview of Azure Functions and shares real-world scenarios for integration with other Azure cloud services. Throughout the course, Tiago covers basic concepts such as the main trigger types, as well as more advanced features, including how to implement a continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline with Azure Functions. To wrap up, he shares real-world examples of how Azure Functions can be used to address customer requests.

Introduction

• Azure Functions and app modernization
• What you should know

1. Azure Functions Overview

• Introduction to Azure Functions
• Creating your first Azure Function
• Creating Azure Functions in VS Code
• What is serverless?
• Azure Functions pricing
• Azure Function using PowerShell
• Azure Functions using other languages

2. Triggers and Bindings

• What are triggers and bindings?
• Timer triggers
• HTTP triggers
• Azure Blob Storage triggers
• Azure Queue Storage triggers
• Other triggers

3. Azure Functions Advanced Features

• Implementing a custom domain name and SSL
• Integration with Azure Key Vault
• CI/CD of Azure Functions
• Implementing CORS

4. Real-World Examples

• Purchase order generation architecture
• Analyzing tweets sentiment architecture
• Digital city with Azure Functions
• Employee onboarding

Conclusion

• Next steps

Introduction

• Azure Functions and app modernization
• What you should know

1. Azure Functions Overview

• Introduction to Azure Functions
• Creating your first Azure Function
• Creating Azure Functions in VS Code
• What is serverless?
• Azure Functions pricing
• Azure Function using PowerShell
• Azure Functions using other languages

2. Triggers and Bindings

• What are triggers and bindings?
• Timer triggers
• HTTP triggers
• Azure Blob Storage triggers
• Azure Queue Storage triggers
• Other triggers

3. Azure Functions Advanced Features

• Implementing a custom domain name and SSL
• Integration with Azure Key Vault
• CI/CD of Azure Functions
• Implementing CORS

4. Real-World Examples

• Purchase order generation architecture
• Analyzing tweets sentiment architecture
• Digital city with Azure Functions
• Employee onboarding

Conclusion

• Next steps