Azure Functions Beyond "Out of The Box" - a Guided Tour of Azure Functions Extensibility

By Tomasz Pęczek

Elevator Pitch

Real strength of Azure Functions lies in integration capabilities. A lot has been said and written on how to use build in triggers and bindings. But there is more. Azure Functions comes with powerful extensibility model. This talk will show how you can use it to get even more from Azure Functions.

Description

Azure Functions is a key part of Microsoft serverless offering. At its core, it is a compute service, but its real power lies in integration capabilities. A lot has been said and written on how to use build in triggers and bindings to connect with databases, queues, web requests, and third-party APIs. There is however one aspect of Azure Functions which has been neglected - extensibility. This talk will walk you through Azure Functions extensibility with practical examples. It will give you the tools to push its integration capabilities further and get even more from Azure Functions.