Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions: Exam Guide 70-535

Workflow-driven applications using Logic Apps

Logic Apps, another service for the serverless offering from Azure, has a lot of overlap with Azure Functions. They can both be used to integrate apps or services. The main difference between the two is that Azure Functions are event-driven and Logic Apps are more workflow-driven. You can use Logic Apps to automate your business processes using a visual designer from the Azure Portal (developers can create them in Visual Studio as well), whereas Azure Functions are completely written in code. You can, however, call Azure Functions from within a Logic App.

With Logic Apps, you can build apps that integrate numerous cloud services and on-premises applications. These can be Azure services, third-party ...