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You're reading from Azure Serverless Computing Cookbook Build and monitor Azure applications hosted on serverless architecture using Azure Functions

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781789615265

Length 424 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Tools

Azure

Concepts

Serverless

Authors (2):

Jason Marston

Praveen Kumar Sreeram

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Table of Contents (13) Chapters

Preface

1. Developing Cloud Applications Using Function Triggers and Bindings FREE CHAPTER

2. Working with Notifications Using the SendGrid and Twilio Services

3. Seamless Integration of Azure Functions with Azure Services

4. Understanding the Integrated Developer Experience of Visual Studio Tools

5. Exploring Testing Tools for the Validation of Azure Functions

6. Monitoring and Troubleshooting Azure Serverless Services

7. Developing Reliable Serverless Applications Using Durable Functions

8. Bulk Import of Data Using Azure Durable Functions and Cosmos DB

9. Implementing Best Practices for Azure Functions

10. Configuring of Serverless Applications in the Production Environment

11. Implementing and Deploying Continuous Integration Using Azure DevOps

12. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Azure SQL Database interactions using Azure Functions

So far, you have learned how to store data in Azure Storage services, such as blobs, queues, and tables. All of these storage services are great for storing non-structured or semi-structured data. However, we might need to store data in relational database management systems, such as an Azure SQL Database.

In this recipe, you will learn how to utilize the ADO.NET API to connect to a SQL Database and insert JSON data into a table named EmployeeInfo.

Getting ready

Navigate to the Azure portal and perform the following steps:

Create a logical SQL Server with a name of your choice. It is recommended that you create it in the same resource group where you have your Azure Functions...

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Authors (2)

Praveen Kumar Sreeram

Praveen Kumar Sreeram is an author, Microsoft Certified Trainer, and certified Azure Solutions Architect. He has over 15 years of experience in the field of development, analysis, design, and the delivery of applications of various technologies. His projects range from custom web development using ASP.NET and MVC to building mobile apps using the cross-platform Xamarin technology for domains such as insurance, telecom, and wireless expense management. He has been given the Most Valuable Professional award twice by one of the leading social community websites, CSharpCorner, for his contributions to the Microsoft Azure community through his articles. Praveen is highly focused on learning about technology, and blogs about his learning regularly. You can also follow him on Twitter at @PrawinSreeram. Currently, his focus is on analyzing business problems and providing technical solutions for various projects related to Microsoft Azure and .NET Core.

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Marston

Jason Marston is a Cloud Solution Architect based in England. He was recruited by Microsoft because of his OSS background. Jason has worked with Java since version 1 and has a long history with open source. He has over 30 years' experience of developing software and now helps organizations migrate and modernize legacy applications to the cloud. Jason was an SME in the Worldwide Communities project at Microsoft and, as part of the leadership team for those communities, helped many people solve their problems by adopting Java on Azure. In his spare time, Jason reads science fiction books and has two children who think he is a geek/nerd.

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