Microsoft’s Azure Functions serverless computing platform now has beta support for Java programming, a feature developers have demanded since Azure Functions’ 2016 debut. The beta inclusion of Java ...

Azure Functions get you beyond the traditional client/server approach to app creation, right into the cloud. Let’s first look at triggers. Azure Functions is another evolution of Platform as a Service ...

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Microsoft’s Event Grid is an important addition to Microsoft’s serverless options, providing the back end needed to build distributed applications that can work at scale, with minimal management and ...

For Microsoft Azure, 2017 will probably be remembered as the year of serverless and edge computing; the two concepts have made their way into just about every appearance by one of its executives and ...

The Azure Event Grid makes events (like uploading a picture or video, clicking a button, updating a database, etc.) first-class Azure objects. Event Grid complements Azure Functions and Azure Logic ...

Microsoft’s Cosmos DB database can now be used at the center of an event-driven app built with serverless technologies. (Microsoft Image) Microsoft’s strategy for helping its customers use one of the ...