Introduction: Azure Functions let you use Visual Studio to create local C# function projects and then easily publish this project to run in a scalable serverless environment in Azure. This helps us in analysing/publishing the results directly into Azure Data Explorer or Azure Blob Storage and App Insight Logs where we can create a workbook… READ MORE
I wrote previously about how to implement a dynamic redirect mechanism for Azure Static Web Apps using Azure Functions. I implemented this using JSDoc JavaScript. I’ve since migrated this to TypeScript and I thought it would be interesting to share the process. Why migrate from JSDoc JavaScript to TypeScript? As regular readers will know, I’m both… READ MORE
ARM stands for Azure Resource Manager. We use ARM templates to deploy resources to Azure. We can automate deployments and use the infrastructure as code. In code, we define the infrastructure that needs to be deployed. The infrastructure code becomes part of our project. Like the application code, we store the infrastructure code in a repository… READ MORE
Lately my VS2022 (17.2.x) Azure Functions projects started failing to run locally. The local console had errors related to not being able to start any of the Timer Triggers. The errors take the format The listener for function ‘function name’ was unable to start. Azure.Storage.Blobs: Service request failed. This error is related to Azurite (the… READ MORE
In this post let’s see how we can set up an Output Binding in an In Process Azure Function to send messages to a dynamic target Azure Service Bus Queue or Topic. We usually use ICollector or IAsyncCollector to write values to an output binding. And often times, the target queue/topic is set up through attributes. Something like below, The above… READ MORE
The new Azure Functions SDK for Isolated Worker (process) has been introduced around .NET 5. While it’s still in flux despite being GA-ed, it’s gaining more and more popularity. And yet, there are still some sharp edges you should be careful with and validate that everything you’re using with the older SDK, In-Process, is offered… READ MORE
Introduction It does not matter what kind of project you run, there is always nice to have release notes. Collection of implemented user stories, features, and solved bugs. Of course, after each release, we can write these release notes manually but there is a better way to automate this process. In one of the projects… READ MORE
Integrating Serverless Architecture Using Azure Functions, Cosmos DB, and SignalR Service provides a holistic approach to design and development of a Twitter Bot application by leveraging Azure Functions. The different types of Azure Functions narrated in this book will empower you to make the right decisions while adopting Azure Functions to specific business requirements. Azure’s… READ MORE
This post describes how you can easily enable debug/verbose information for your Azure Functions for a lightweight and built-in way to extract just a bit more information out of your Azure Function executions. There’s different methods available for Azure and your local development environment. Problem Azure Functions are awesome. But by default, your tools on… READ MORE
Azure Functions are great! HTTP triggered Azure Functions are also great, but there’s one downside. All HTTP triggered Azure Functions are publicly available. While this might be useful in a lot of scenario’s, it’s also quite possible you don’t want ‘strangers’ hitting your public endpoints all the time. One way you can solve this is… READ MORE
