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๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜

Ever wished you could just write codeโ€”without worrying about servers, infrastructure, or scale?

Azure Functions does exactly thatโ€ฆ and more.

A serverless, event-driven compute platform from Microsoft Azure that lets you focus on writing code while Azure handles infra, scaling, and billing.

  • ๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€:

    • Reduces operational overhead
    • Scales on demand
    • You only pay for what runs
  • ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น-๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜€:

    • ๐—™๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜€ โ†’ Automatically process images when they land in blob storage
    • ๐—œ๐—ผ๐—ง & ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€ โ†’ Transform sensor data in real-time.
    • ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—ฒ-๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€ โ†’ Decode messages and kick off AI inference.
    • ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐˜€ โ†’ Clean up logs or send reports nightly.
    • ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—”๐—ฃ๐—œ๐˜€ โ†’ Build fast, scalable microservices using HTTP triggers.
    • ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€ โ†’ Chain business logic with Durable Functions.
    • ๐——๐—• ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ โ†’ React when a new document is added or updated.
    • ๐— ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ โ†’ Process queues via Azure Queue, Service Bus, or Event Hubs.
  • ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€:

Native support for C#, Java, JavaScript, PowerShell, and Python. Plus, custom handlers for Rust, Go, and more.

  • ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ & ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜:

Use Azure Functions Core Tools to build, test, and deploy from your local machineโ€”then publish straight to Azure.

๐—–# ๐—”๐˜‡๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—™๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ

[FunctionName("HelloFunction")]

public static IActionResult Run([HttpTrigger] HttpRequest req)

=> new OkObjectResult($"Hello, {req.Query["name"] ?? "Guest"}!");

How are you automating real-time data tasks in your appsโ€”or what would you love to automate if infrastructure werenโ€™t a concern?

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