Creating your first Azure Functions

Azure Functions can be created using the Azure portal, PowerShell, Azure CLI, and REST APIs. The steps for for creating a Function using the ARM template are already detailed at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/functions-infrastructure-as-code. In this section, Azure Functions will be provisioned using the portal.

Azure Functions are hosted within Azure App Service. Users create a new function app, which in turn creates an App Service plan and App Service. The App Service plan is configured based on the following:

1. After you have configured the App Service plan, filling in the details:
   • Name: The name of app service. The name should be unique within .azurewebsites.netdomain.
   • Location: The location for hosting the Azure Functions App Service.
   • Hosting plan: This is also known as the pricing plan. Here, two options, as discussed...