Due to the ease of use and availability of a diverse set of triggers and bindings for Azure Functions, Azure Functions are being used more and more in various use cases. In this section, we will see some of the use cases in which Azure Functions can be used.
Again, we make use of our fictional company, ShipAnyWhere, to explain some use cases:
- Extending Logic Apps functionality: ShipAnyWhere has a logic app that processes orders. Though the transformation is done by executing maps, the order needs to be further enriched with master data lookups. The master data lookup is a functionality that will be shared across various integrations. ShipAnyWhere has decided to use Azure Functions to implement the lookup logic. Using Azure Function connectors, Logic Apps can make use of this lookup functionality:
- Extending SaaS applications: At ShipAnyWhere, the invoices...
