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Azure Serverless Computing Cookbook

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

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789615265
Length 424 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Jason Marston Jason Marston
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Praveen Kumar Sreeram Praveen Kumar Sreeram
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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

Securely accessing SQL Database from Azure Functions using Managed Service Identity

In one of our recipes, Azure SQL Database interactions using Azure Functions, from Chapter 3, Seamless Integration of Azure Functions with Azure Services, we learned how to access a SQL Database and its objects from Azure Functions by providing the connection string (username and password).

Let's say that, for some reason, you change the password to an account, meaning that any applications using that account wouldn't be able to gain access. As a developer, wouldn't it be good if there was a facility where you didn't need to worry about the credentials and, instead, the framework took care of authentication? In this recipe, we will learn how to access a SQL Database from an Azure Function without providing a user ID or password by using a feature called Managed Service Identity...

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