Azure Functions

Event-driven serverless compute for any workload

Azure Functions is a serverless compute service that lets you run event-triggered code without managing infrastructure. Build APIs, process data, integrate systems, and respond to events — all with automatic scaling and pay-per-execution pricing.

88 templates

Quick start

Install the Azure Developer CLI

winget install microsoft.azd

Initialize from a Functions template

azd init --template todo-nodejs-mongo-swa-func

Deploy to Azure

azd up

Featured templates

FastAPI with API Management

A FastAPI app deployed as a secured Azure Function with an API Management Policy in front, set up such that API calls require a subscription key but auto-generated documentation is publicly viewable. Project also includes 100% test coverage with Pytest plus a development workflow with ruff, isort, and black.

by Pamela Fox

Static Maps API Function and CDN

A FastAPI app that renders map images for the given location. Deployed as a secured Azure function with an Azure CDN in front for caching.

by Pamela Fox

DotNet Function App with Service Bus

A sample that uses a C# Function App with native Service Bus bindings to both add and react to Queued Messages

by Gordon Byers

Using FastAPI Framework with Azure Functions to serve paginated data from Snowflake

This is a sample Azure Function app created with the FastAPI framework to serve data from Snowflake using pagination

by Miguel P. Z.

Azure OpenAI Conference Session Assistant

Build a conference assistant using using Vector Search and Retrieval Augmented Generator to allow attendees to ask questions about conference in natural language

by Davide Mauri