Chapter 21. Serverless computing
In this final chapter, let’s gaze into the future with serverless computing. If you’re a developer, the idea of containers that we examined in chapter 19 may have been appealing because there’s less of a need to configure the underlying infrastructure for your applications. If so, you’re going to love the Azure serverless components! And if you’re an IT administrator who suddenly wonders what your job will include if there are no servers in the future, don’t worry! Serverless computing may be more of a marketing term, and many of the server and infrastructure skills you have continue to apply!
In Azure, two main offerings provide serverless compute features: Azure Logic Apps and Azure Function Apps. In this chapter, we explore what each service offers and how they can work together. To make sure your serverless applications can communicate with each other and pass data around, we also discuss messaging services like Azure Event Grid, Service Bus, and Event Hubs.