This training program includes 4 complete courses, carefully chosen to give you the most comprehensive training possible. The first course, Getting Started with Azure Functions, covers serverless Architecture to Build Scalable Cloud System. This tutorial starts with the basics of Azure Functions and then shows you how to create functions such as WebHooks, Azure Connected, and event processing. Moving ahead, the video demonstrates how to develop, manage, deploy, and monitor your Azure functions in almost any language such as C#, F#, Node. js, Python, PHP, as well as scripting options such as Bash, Batch, and PowerShell. Next, you’ll see how to scale your functions and use them to process data, integrate systems, and build simple APIs and microservices. Finally, we’ll cover some diagnostic techniques with Azure App Services and the best practices of working with Azure Functions. By the end of this tutorial, you will be well-versed with the techniques of scaling your Azure Functions and making the most of the serverless architecture. The second course, Azure Functions - Essentials, covers getting started with the essentials of Azure Serverless Functions. The course starts with intermediate-level videos on cloud application development, along with configuring notifications using the SendGrid and Twilio services and the key features of Azure Functions. Then, you’ll delve into the core aspects of Azure Functions (such as the services it provides and how you can develop and write Azure functions) and explore continuous integration and continuous deployment with Visual Studio Team Services. By the end of this video, you will have all the skills required to work with serverless code architectures, thus providing continuous delivery to your users. The third course, Serverless Azure Functions: Debugging, Deployment, and Chatbots, covers discovering the Power of Serverless with Azure Functions, Queues and CosmosDB. Azure Functions provides great solutions for processing data, integrating systems, and building simple APIs to complex micro-services without having to worry about underlying infrastructure for scalability. This volume covers how a serverless application can be designed. By the end of the course, you’ll have mastered how Azure Functions can be a great tool to design highly scalable web services. You’ll also have created a production-level solution of a chatbot with serverless tools such as CosmosDB and Queues with a good understanding of why they were chosen and how they play an important role in the design of the serverless architecture. The fourth course, Azure Functions - Best Practices, covers building applications hosted on serverless architecture using Azure Functions. By the end of the course, you’ll build applications hosted on serverless architecture using Azure Functions as well as Deploy, Monitor, Debug and Design Scalable Solutions with Azure Serverless Computing. About the Authors: Paul Oliver is the Principal Software Architect at Vosaic. Vosaic helps its users unlock insights with the video for education and simulations. Vosaic is closely aligned with Hudl, which is the premier video platform for sports. Before taking on the role at Vosaic, he worked as a software developer and architect in the banking and criminal justice industries. Throughout his career, he’s been passionate about building well-architected software solutions with the security of primary importance. He’s architected several applications in the cloud using Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, and Heroku. He received his BSc in Computer Engineering from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and his Masters of Business Administration degree from Creighton University. Praveen Kumar Sreeram works as a Solution Architect at PennyWise Solutions (an Ogilvy and Mather Company). He has over 12 years’ experience in the field of development, analysis, design, and delivery of applications of various technologies, including custom web development using ASP.NET and MVC to building mobile apps using the cross-platform technology Xamarin for domains such as insurance, telecom, and wireless expense management. He has twice been recognized as a Most Valuable Professional by one of the leading social community websites, CSharpCorner, for his contributions toward writing articles and helping community members, mostly on Microsoft Azure. He is highly focused on learning about technology. He is an avid blogger who writes about his learning on his personal blog (praveenkumarsreeram/author/prawin2k/) and you can also follow him on Twitter at @PrawinSreeram. His current focus is on analyzing business problems and providing technical solutions for various projects related to Microsoft Azure and Sitecore. Omkar Dusane is a software developer based in Mumbai, India. He has designed and developed many software products for startups. He is a food enthusiast and a Node. js lover and was a senior Microsoft Student Partner who represented India at Microsoft Global Student Partner Summit in 2016. He is currently Product Engineer at
