Book excerpt: Over 50 practical recipes that will help you develop and deliver high-quality and reliable cloud-centric Azure serverless applications for your organization Key FeaturesLeverage practical use cases to build a robust serverless environmentEnhance Azure Functions with continuous deployment using Visual Studio Team ServicesDeploy and manage cost-effective and highly available serverless applications using Azure FunctionsBook Description Microsoft provides a solution for easily running small segments of code in the cloud with Azure Functions. The second edition of Azure Serverless Computing Cookbook starts with intermediate-level recipes on serverless computing along with some use cases demonstrating the benefits and key features of Azure Functions. You’ll explore the core aspects of Azure Functions, such as the services it provides, how you can develop and write Azure Functions, and how to monitor and troubleshoot them. As you make your way through the chapters, you’ll get practical recipes on integrating DevOps with Azure Functions, and providing continuous integration and continuous deployment with Azure DevOps. This book also provides hands-on, step-by-step tutorials based on real-world serverless use cases to guide you through configuring and setting up your serverless environments with ease. You will also learn how to build solutions for complex, real-world, workflow-based scenarios quickly and with minimal code using Durable Functions. In the concluding chapters, you will ensure enterprise-level security within your serverless environment. The most common tips and tricks that you need to be aware of when working with Azure Functions on production environments will also be covered in this book. By the end of this book, you will have all the skills required for working with serverless code architecture, providing continuous delivery to your users. What you will learnIntegrate Azure Functions with other Azure servicesUnderstand cloud application development using Azure FunctionsEmploy durable functions for developing reliable and durable serverless applicationsUse SendGrid and Twilio servicesExplore code reusability and refactoring in Azure FunctionsConfigure serverless applications in a production environmentWho this book is for If you are a cloud administrator, architect, or developer who wants to build scalable systems and deploy serverless applications with Azure Functions, then the Azure Serverless Computing Cookbook is for you. Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure core services is required.