Build 2024 saw Microsoft adding new features to many key Azure services, including new ways of working with its serverless applications.
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Just a handful of years ago we couldn’t stop talking about serverless computing. Then it seemed to disappear, overtaken first by Kubernetes and then by artificial intelligence. But of course, like most technologies, it’s still there, delivering the on-demand compute that’s part of most modern cloud-native design.
Microsoft’s Azure Functions has continued to evolve, supporting updated APIs and languages, as well as becoming part of the Azure recommended patterns and practices, supporting everything from AI to Internet of Things. What remains key to Functions is its ability to deliver on-demand capacity on a “pay for what you use” basis. With serverless tools there’s no need to provision infrastructure; instead you write stateless code that responds to events.
This event-driven model is key to the importance of serverless computing, as it allows you to process and use data as it …