Serverless & App Hosting on Azure

Overview

What you'll learn

• Understand what serverless means, how it differs from traditional hosting models (VMs, containers), and why it matters.
• Identify workloads that are a good fit (APIs, event-driven apps) and those that are not (long-running, stateful, heavy compute).
• Explore Azure Functions, App Service, Logic Apps, Event Grid, Service Bus, and API Management.
• Learn how these services integrate to build scalable, event-driven applications.
• Apply architectural principles such as stateless design, retries, observability, and monitoring.
• Evaluate trade-offs (cold starts vs performance, latency vs cost, vendor lock-in vs speed).
• Study common reference patterns like serverless APIs, data ingestion pipelines, and workflow automation.
• Automate builds, tests, and deployments using GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps.
• Manage infrastructure with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM templates).
• Apply governance practices (Dev/Test/Prod environments, RBAC, Key Vault).
• Monitor performance and reliability with Azure Monitor and Application Insights.
• Balance cost, performance, and compliance in serverless solutions.

Skills you'll practise

Virtual MachinesTerraformAzure Logic AppsCloud-Native ApplicationsLifecycle ManagementGithubCloud-Native DevelopmentAPI ManagementServerless ComputingCI/CDBalancing (Ledger/Billing)Microsoft AzureAzure FunctionsApplication HostingAzure DevOpsApplication Lifecycle ManagementCase StudyInfrastructure as Code (IaC)ObservabilityScalabilityEvent-Driven ProgrammingGovernance

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Before you start

Basic programming knowledge, familiarity with Azure Portal helpful This course is designed for beginners to intermediate learners with basic cloud and programming knowledge, who want to learn how to design, deploy, and optimize serverless applications on Azure.