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.

21.1. What is serverless computing?

21.2. Azure messaging platforms

21.3. Creating an Azure logic app

21.4. Creating an Azure function app to analyze IoT device data

21.5. Don’t stop learning

 

 

Securing VM connectivity with just-in-time VM access in Azure Security Center

Building and running a container image for use with Azure Container Instances