10. Serverless in Azure – Working with Azure Functions

In the previous chapter, you learned about various big data solutions available on Azure. In this chapter, you will learn how serverless technology can help you deal with a large amount of data.

Serverless is one of the hottest buzzwords in technology these days, and everyone wants to ride this bandwagon. Serverless brings a lot of advantages in overall computing, software development processes, infrastructure, and technical implementation. There is a lot going on in the industry: at one end of the spectrum is Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), and at the other is serverless. In between the two are Platform as a Service (PaaS) and containers. I have met many developers and it seems ...

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