SWA was already integrated with Azure Functions, allowing developers to deploy an API with the static web app without managing a separate Azure Functions resource.

Although you could use tools such as Azure Functions or App Service to build your own data API layer, it adds inefficiencies and increases your maintenance and testing requirements.

See how the latest version of Visual Studio 2017 can be used to create Azure Functions using familiar development tools and techniques.

Last time I looked at the basics of triggers. Let's look at creating an HTTP-triggered function for displaying a greeting based on a target audience. The last time we looked at Azure Functions, I ...

Take advantage of Azure Functions to run small pieces of code that can be triggered by events in the Azure cloud.

Microsoft has purchased Washington, D.C. startup Apiphany, a maker of an application-programming-interface management platform, which it plans to make available as part of Windows Azure.

Serverless computing becomes a focus at JavaOne 2017, as Oracle introduces Project Fn and Microsoft previews Java support for Azure Functions.