Affairs of State: Serverless and Stateless Code Execution with Azure Functions

Thu, 01 Aug 2019 10:00:00 GMT

Explore the limits of the consumption and premier tiers of Stateless Azure Functions, and learn how Azure Functions go beyond mere stateless code execution to support complex scenarios with Durable Functions.

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Build and Deploy Highly Available and Resilient Solutions on Azure

Fri, 01 Feb 2019 10:00:00 GMT

This article discusses the key aspects of building and deploying highly available and resilient applications in Azure. Learn how Azure Service Fabric can be used to package and deploy Docker container-enabled applications, and implement orchestration and service discovery features that are fundamental to a microservices architecture.

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Deploying Containerized ASP.NET Core Applications to Azure

Sun, 01 Apr 2018 10:00:00 GMT

Last month, Srikantan Sankaran explored how vehicle insurance policies generated by an agency could be stored securely in Azure Key Vault as secrets. Those applications were deployed to Azure App Service as Web apps. Now Sankaran shows how to deploy these applications to Azure Container Services for Kubernetes (AKS).

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Secure Your Sensitive Business Information with Azure Key Vault

Thu, 01 Mar 2018 10:00:00 GMT

Srikantan Sankaran presents a business scenario that requires issuing, tracking and managing insurance policies for vehicles, and demonstrates how you can use Azure Key Vault to achieve these goals securely.

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Use Bot Framework for Anytime, Anywhere Access to Application Data

Thu, 01 Dec 2016 10:00:00 GMT

The second in a two-part article on Bot Framework explores how to create and deploy a bot application that can consume information drawn from line-of-business apps and indexed via Azure Search, and provide interactive access to that information for users via channels such as Skype or Short Message Service (SMS).

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Solving Business Problems with the Microsoft Bot Framework

Tue, 01 Nov 2016 10:00:00 GMT

Organizations face a keen challenge tapping information spread across multiple applications and systems. This article explores how Microsoft Flow and Azure Search can be leveraged to access data, and sets the stage for employing bots to surface information within familiar applications.

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Enterprise Application Integration Using Azure Logic Apps

Sun, 01 May 2016 10:00:00 GMT

With Azure Logic Apps, developers can visually compose integration flow and easily handle scenarios that involve long-running transactions, handling condition-based routing of workflows, retry logic to handle transient failures, and more. The suite of Standard and Enterprise Connectors provided by Azure Logic Apps can be leveraged to implement an end-to-end enterprise application integration scenario.

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