In this section, we will review how to deploy the previously coded function to Azure, which is a cloud provider supported by Microsoft. Azure supports functions by using Microsoft Azure Functions (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/functions/).
The Azure adapter is a layer coded over the Spring Cloud Function project. You can find the source of the project on GitHub (https://github.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-function/tree/master/spring-cloud-function-adapters/spring-cloud-function-adapter-azure).
Let's start by adding the following properties as a part of the pom.xml file, in the properties section:
<functionAppName>function-mask-account-azure</functionAppName><functionAppRegion>westus</functionAppRegion><start-class ...