The evolution of functions from traditional methods has led to the design of the loosely coupled, independently evolving, self-reliant serverless architecture that was only a concept in earlier days. Functions are a unit of deployment and provide an environment where users do not need to manage the environment at all. All they have to care about is the code written for the functionality. Azure provides a mature platform for hosting functions and integrating them seamlessly, based on events or on demand. Nearly every resource in Azure can participate in an architecture composed of Azure Functions. The future is functions, as more and more organizations want to stay away from managing infrastructures and platforms. They want to offload this to cloud providers. Azure Functions is an essential feature to master for every architect dealing with Azure.
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