Deploying the Azure Function app to Azure Cloud using Visual Studio

So far, our function app is just a regular application within Visual Studio. To deploy the function app along with its functions, we need to either create the following new resources, or select existing ones to host the new function app:

• The resource group
• The App Service plan
• The Azure Function app

You can provide all of these details directly from Visual Studio without opening the Azure Management portal. You will learn how to do that in this recipe.

How to do it...

Perform the following steps:

1. Right-click on the project and then click on the Publish button to open the publish window.
2. In the Publish window, choose the Create New option and click on the...