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Timers

Sometimes, you might want to schedule work after a specific delay. While using traditional functions, you have to create a custom solution that will somehow trigger a workflow at a specific time. In Durable Functions, it is as easy as writing one line of code. Consider the following example:

[FunctionName("Orchestration_Client")]public static async Task<string> Orchestration_Client(  [HttpTrigger(AuthorizationLevel.Anonymous, "post", Route = "start")] HttpRequestMessage input,  [OrchestrationClient] DurableOrchestrationClient starter){  return await starter.StartNewAsync("Orchestration", null);}[FunctionName("Orchestration")]public static async Task Orchestration_Start([OrchestrationTrigger] DurableOrchestrationContext context, TraceWriter ...