Azure Functions - Curated .NET Articles & Tutorials

Curated .NET news, articles, and tutorials about Azure Functions, drawn from .NET News Daily issues.

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Running Azure Functions in Docker: Why and How

Azure Functions Beyond the Basics Continues from Azure Functions for .NET Developers (Parts 1–9)

Featured in Issue #439 April 22, 2026

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, Clean Architecture, C#, Docker, EF Core, OpenAI, Performance

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Cracking the Code of Serverless Design: Patterns that Scale and Patterns that Fail

Chad Green explores how intentional design patterns determine whether serverless architectures deliver on their promises of scalability, resilience, and cost efficiency.

Featured in Issue #407 March 09, 2026

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Benchmarking, C#, .NET Core, .NET Framework, EF Core, Performance, Profiling

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Local Development Setup: Tools, Debugging, and Hot Reload

Azure Functions for .NET Developers: Series

Featured in Issue #406 March 06, 2026

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Clean Architecture, C#, .NET Core, Security

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Beyond HTTP: Timer, Queue, and Blob Triggers

Azure Functions for .NET Developers: Series

Featured in Issue #398 February 24, 2026

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, C#, GitHub Copilot, Minimal APIs, OpenAI, OpenTelemetry, Performance

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Getting Started With Azure Functions: HTTP & Timer Triggers

A Complete Guide to Building Serverless Apps with .NET 8 Isolated Worker Model Continue reading on Artificial Intelligence in Plain English »

Featured in Issue #396 February 20, 2026

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, C#, .NET 10, JWT, .NET MAUI, Web API, WPF

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Part 1: Building Your First Serverless HTTP API on Azure with Azure Functions & FastAPI

Introduction This post is Part 1 of the series Serverless Application Development with Azure Functions and Az

Featured in Issue #375 January 22, 2026

Issue also covered: Azure, C#, .NET 10, Performance, Redis

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How does Aspire launch the Azure Functions runtime when you call aspire run?

A behind-the-scenes look at how Aspire launches the Azure Functions runtime locally, leveraging a clever .NET SDK feature to make it all work seamlessly.

Featured in Issue #354 December 24, 2025

Issue also covered: .NET Aspire, Authentication, Authorization, C#, .NET 9, FluentValidation, Performance, Security

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Joe Dluzen on Azure Functions & Durable Functions

I'm happy to announce the start of a new series on creating APIs with C# and .NET-beginning with a series of posts, videos, and podcasts on Azure Functions and Durable Functions.

Featured in Issue #353 December 23, 2025

Issue also covered: AOT, ASP.NET Core, Clean Architecture, C#, .NET Core, EF Core, Kubernetes, Performance

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Azure Functions in .NET 9 — A Complete 3-Part Mega Series

Part 1: Foundations, Architecture & HTTP Triggers

Featured in Issue #337 December 01, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Clean Architecture, C#, .NET 10, .NET Core, Redis

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Azure Functions Timeouts and Auto-Scaling in Real-Time Healthcare Diagnostics

Explore Azure Functions timeouts and auto-scaling strategies in a real-world healthcare diagnostics scenario. Learn how MediScan AI overcame timeout errors and scaling challenges in their serverless p...

Featured in Issue #316 October 31, 2025

Issue also covered: Application Insights, AutoMapper, Azure, Clean Architecture, Domain-Driven Design, Design Patterns, Docker, .NET 10

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Azure Functions at the Edge: IP Restrictions and Azure AD Authentication in a Global Payment Gateway

Secure your Azure Functions with a zero-trust approach! This article demonstrates how to implement IP restrictions and Azure AD authentication for HTTP-triggered functions, using a global payment gate...

Featured in Issue #314 October 29, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, C#, .NET 10, EF Core, Performance, Visual Studio

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Observability Is Non-Negotiable: Logging and Debugging Azure Functions in Life-Critical Systems

Ensure reliability in critical Azure Functions with robust observability. This article demonstrates how to effectively log and debug Azure Functions, using a real-world vaccine cold chain monitoring s...

Featured in Issue #313 October 28, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Authentication, Authorization, Azure, Clean Architecture, Cosmos DB, CQRS, Domain-Driven Design

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Optimize Your .NET App for Production — Complete Checklist (Part 1)

Optimize any .NET app for production with a practical checklist. In this list, you’ll find releasing, publishing, trimming, kestrel & GC… Continue reading on abp-community »

Featured in Issue #312 October 27, 2025

Issue also covered: Authorization, C#, Design Patterns, .NET Core, EF Core, JWT, Minimal APIs, OpenAI

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Surviving the Surge: How Azure Functions Handle Traffic Spikes in Emergency Response Systems

Discover how Azure Functions provide a resilient, scalable solution for emergency response systems facing unpredictable traffic spikes. Learn from a real-world wildfire evacuation coordination system ...

Featured in Issue #310 October 23, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, Azure DevOps, CQRS, C#, Design Patterns, .NET 9, EF Core

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Azure API Management Gateway — ABC Inc : Full Setup Guide (step-by-step)

This comprehensive guide provides a step-by-step walkthrough of setting up Azure API Management (APIM) for ABC Inc. Learn how to publish, secure, and monitor backend APIs (App Service, Azure Functions...

Featured in Issue #302 October 13, 2025

Issue also covered: Azure, .NET 10, EF Core, Performance, REST API

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Serverless with Azure Functions in .NET

Serverless made simple for .NET developers

Featured in Issue #286 September 17, 2025

Issue also covered: AOT, ASP.NET Core, Azure, Benchmarking, C#, .NET 8, EF Core, GitHub

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Minimizing Cold Starts in Azure Functions for .NET

Pre-warming, scaling tiers, and smart architecture choices that keep your serverless apps snappy.

Featured in Issue #278 September 05, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, C#, EF Core, .NET MAUI, MongoDB, Performance, Redis

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Think Your Azure Functions Are Cheap? We Thought So Too — Until We Looked Closer

https://medium.com/@mohsho10/think-your-azure-functions-are-cheap-we-thought-so-too-until-we-looked-closer-f1845ffc3829

Featured in Issue #248 July 25, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, AutoMapper, Azure, .NET 10, .NET 8, .NET 9, .NET MAUI, Minimal APIs

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Building a Full RAG Stack with .NET 8, Azure Functions, Qdrant, Neo4j, and Hugging Face

https://medium.com/@rafaellarrosa/building-a-full-rag-stack-with-net-8-azure-functions-qdrant-neo4j-and-hugging-face-71dcf0b8293c

Featured in Issue #224 June 23, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, .NET Aspire, Azure, Clean Architecture, C#, .NET 8, EF Core, Kafka

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Best Practices and Code Examples for Azure Functions using C# 13

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/best-practices-and-code-examples-for-azure-functions-using-c-sharp-13/

Featured in Issue #222 June 19, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, C#, .NET 9, EF Core, GitHub Copilot, Redis

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Master Serverless Architecture Using .NET

https://medium.com/@Adem_Korkmaz/master-serverless-architecture-using-net-d6e9c1952f65

Featured in Issue #204 May 26, 2025

Issue also covered: Azure, Blazor, Cosmos DB, C#, Design Patterns, .NET 9, EF Core, OpenAI

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Don’t Let Blob Sync Break Your .NET App — Try This Instead

https://itnext.io/dont-let-blob-sync-break-your-net-app-try-this-instead-79d6fd5ef6f9

Featured in Issue #198 May 16, 2025

Issue also covered: Azure, C#, .NET 10, .NET 9, Performance, Security, Solid Principles, Source Generators

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How to Upgrade Azure Functions from .NET 6 to .NET 8 (2025 Guide)

https://medium.com/@karthikns999/upgrade-azure-functions-dotnet6-to-dotnet8-isolated-model-49aef444a82f

Featured in Issue #196 May 14, 2025

Issue also covered: Application Insights, Azure, C#, Domain-Driven Design, Design Patterns, .NET 8, .NET 9, EF Core

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.NET Aspire and Azure Functions integration preview

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/net-aspire-and-azure-functions-integration-preview/

Featured in Issue #177 April 17, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, Blazor, EF Core, Minimal APIs, OpenAI, Performance, Source Generators

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Better Together: .NET Aspire, Azure Functions, and Visual Studio

https://devblogs.microsoft.com//net-aspire-and-azure-functions-integration-preview

Featured in Issue #176 April 16, 2025

Issue also covered: .NET Aspire, Azure, Blazor, C#, .NET 9, EF Core, GitHub Copilot, Kafka

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Working with Azure Blob Storage: Uploading Files and Listing Blobs in C#

https://www.csharp.com/article/working-with-azure-blob-storage-uploading-files-and-listing-blobs-in-c-sharp/

Featured in Issue #154 March 17, 2025

Issue also covered: AOT, Azure, Blazor, C#, .NET 10, .NET 8, .NET 9, .NET Core

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Carcass in Azure Functions: Part 1 — Durable Functions, High-Performance Logging & FunctionContext

https://medium.com/@serhiikokhan/carcass-in-azure-functions-part-1-durable-functions-high-performance-logging-functioncontext-798b1705d59e

Featured in Issue #150 March 11, 2025

Issue also covered: Authentication, Azure, C#, .NET 10, GitHub Copilot, OpenAI, Performance, Visual Studio

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Monitoring C# Azure Functions in the Isolated Worker Model - Infrastructure & Configuration Deep Dive

https://www.tpeczek.com/2024/11/monitoring-c-azure-functions-in.html

Featured in Issue #138 February 21, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Authentication, Azure, Cosmos DB, C#, Design Patterns, Docker, .NET 9

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