Azure Serverless Computing Cookbook - Second Edition

Implementing Best Practices for Azure Functions

In this chapter, you will learn about a few of the best practices that can be followed while working with Azure Functions, such as the following:

• Adding multiple messages to a queue using the IAsyncCollector function
• Implementing defensive applications using Azure Functions and queue triggers
• Handling massive ingress using Event Hubs for IoT and other similar scenarios
• Avoiding cold starts by warming the app at regular intervals
• Enabling authorization for function apps
• Controlling access to Azure Functions using function keys
• Securing Azure Functions using Azure Active Directory
• Configuring the throttling of Azure Functions using API Management
• Securely accessing an SQL Database from Azure ...