
Explore Azure serverless fundamentals with functions and logic apps, live portal demonstrations, storage such as queues and blobs, Cosmos DB, event hubs, bot services, and Azure Active Directory security.
Explore how Azure functions run code on demand and scale automatically, triggered by events or http endpoints. Learn about bindings, consumption vs app service plans, and the single-purpose, fast-executing design.
Create a function app in Azure portal using a timer trigger in C sharp, configure a blob storage output binding, and verify a test blob is written every five minutes.
Explore testing Azure serverless functions across timer, queue, and http triggers using the built-in test pane, headers, query strings, and body, and verify outputs and error codes.
Log into the Azure portal to create and experiment with logic apps using templates and connectors, then build a blank http-triggered app with conditional logic that calls an Azure function.
Connect an Azure function to a storage account with a blob trigger and output to a queue. Configure the trigger and output, then test by uploading a blob.
Secure azure functions with a layered security model using host keys and a master key, and optionally enable app service authentication with Azure Active Directory single sign-on.
NEW COURSE - JUST LAUNCHED NOV 2017
You've been working on this app for months. You finally publish it live, and you start letting people know about it. Then you have a new set of problems - checking the CPU usage, worrying about performance, almost hoping that it doesn't get too popular too fast. Do you have to spin up more servers in advance in case there is a spike in demand?
Azure Serverless apps promises to take the stress and worry about application scaling off your hands. If you code your application using logic apps, functions, messages, and events, Azure will add more server power when your application needs it, and will take care of scaling back down when you don't. And you only pay for what you use. No hourly compute charges when a server is running but not doing much.
In this course, we'll look at all of the components of an Azure Serverless app.
Beyond the overview, we'll also look at the Azure Portal and see live walkthroughs of creating Serverless apps. Then you'll have a chance to do it yourself using Assignments.
To be sure, Azure Serverless apps aren't perfect or for every situation. Virtual Machines aren't going away. But there are some great uses for these small functions that have specific tasks to perform, and in this course we'll look at how to add Serverless apps to your toolbox.