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Azure Functions with AI: Building Serverless AI Applications
Configure appropriate timeout settings for AI operations and implement retry logic for transient failures. Consider using premium plans for…
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Azure Functions with AI: Serverless Inference Patterns
Use consumption-based billing to pay only for actual inference time. Implement caching for repeated queries and batch similar requests to amortize cold…
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LLMs on an Event Hubs Stream: Tiered Triage with Azure Functions
How to put Azure OpenAI inside an Event Hubs pipeline without stalling partitions: batch triggers, a cheap triage tier, structured outputs, fail-closed errors.
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Agentic Workflows That Survive Restarts with Durable Functions
Run an LLM tool-calling loop inside Azure Durable Functions so it checkpoints each step, stays within a step budget and waits hours for human approval.
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Step-by-Step Guide for Implementing a Serverless AI Solution Using Azure Functions and Azure Cognitive Services
A comprehensive guide to building serverless AI solutions using Azure Functions and Azure Cognitive Services.
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Redis Caching Patterns in .NET 7 Isolated Azure Functions
Cache-aside, write-through, write-behind and refresh-ahead with Azure Cache for Redis in .NET 7 isolated Azure Functions, and when each one is the wrong choice.
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Debugging an Azure Functions Blob Trigger Locally with Azurite
Run and debug an isolated .NET Azure Functions blob trigger against Azurite, and understand the receipts, retries and limits of local testing.
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The Serverless Benefits Realized in 2022
The promise of serverless has largely been fulfilled: Pay only for what you use No server management Automatic scaling Faster time to market Most…
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Azure Functions with .NET 7: Isolated Worker Process Model
The isolated worker process model separates your function code from the Azure Functions host: Version independence : Use any .NET version, including .NET 7…
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Azure SQL Bindings for Azure Functions
Azure SQL bindings simplify serverless database applications significantly.
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Building Custom Skills for Azure Cognitive Search
Custom skills unlock unlimited possibilities for AI enrichment tailored to your specific business needs.
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The Serverless Evolution: Where We Landed in 2021
Serverless in 2021 proved it's not just for simple APIs. Complex, stateful, event-driven applications are running successfully in production. The technology…
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Azure Functions with .NET 6: In-Process and Isolated Worker Models
In-Process: Functions run in the same process as the Functions host Isolated Worker: Functions run in a separate worker process
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Scheduling Tasks with Azure Functions Timer Triggers
Create a scheduled function: Common CRON patterns: Implement patterns for tasks that may exceed timeout: Ensure single instance execution: Configure…
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Building Reliable Queue-Triggered Azure Functions
Queue-triggered Azure Functions are the pattern I recommend most often for decoupling work that doesn't need to happen synchronously. The model is simple…
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Azure Functions Premium Plan - When and Why
The Azure Functions Premium plan is the hosting option I reach for as soon as two of these three conditions are true: the function needs to connect to a…
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Consumption vs Premium Azure Functions - Making the Right Choice
Feature Consumption Premium Scaling 0 to 200 instances 1 to 100 instances Cold starts Yes No (pre warmed) Max timeout 10 min (default 5) 60 min (default 30)…
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Azure Durable Entities - Stateful Actors in Serverless
Durable Entities are addressable units of state that process operations one at a time. Think of them as lightweight actors - each entity has a unique…
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Azure Durable Functions Orchestration Patterns
The magic happens through the Durable Task Framework, which handles state persistence, checkpointing, and replay automatically.
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Form Recognizer Invoices in Production: Confidence Gates and Review
How to put Form Recognizer's preview invoice model behind confidence thresholds, business-rule checks and a human review queue before data reaches the ERP.
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Azure Logic Apps Preview: What the Redesigned Runtime Changes
The new Logic App (Preview) resource runs workflows on the Azure Functions runtime: what changes, what's missing, and how I'd pilot it before GA.
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Azure Functions on .NET 5: A First Look at the Isolated Worker Preview
What the .NET 5 isolated worker preview for Azure Functions looks like in January 2021, what it costs you today, and when to stay on .NET Core 3.1.
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Azure Functions with Python: Getting Started
.NET on Functions is the default story Microsoft tells, but in practice the serverless workload that lands on my desk most often is a Python data scientist…
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Cosmos DB Change Feed: Functions Trigger or Change Feed Processor?
How to choose between the Azure Functions trigger and the .NET SDK v3 change feed processor, and the leases, retries and delete gaps that decide it.
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Durable Entities as Inventory Counters: Signals, Calls and Limits
Using Durable Functions 2.x entities to hold per-SKU stock counts: when to signal and when to call, how reads work, and where an entity is the wrong tool.
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Durable Functions Orchestrators: Replay, Determinism and Compensation
How Durable Functions orchestrators replay from history, the determinism rules that follow, and how to build retries and compensation into a C# workflow.
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Azure Functions v3 on .NET Core 3.1: The Setup I Actually Use
A practical Azure Functions v3 and .NET Core 3.1 setup: pinned packages, dependency injection, Polly retries, deployment, and the plan limits that bite.