Best Use Case For Azure Functions

I have been working with Azure Functions for some time now and these are my top 4 best scenarios to use them:

1. Microservices Architecture

Implementing microservices in a decoupled architecture.

Azure Functions can be used to create small, single-purpose functions that can be independently deployed and scaled.

2. Building lightweight, serverless APIs.

Azure functions are perfect to serve as API Backends. You can expose functions as HTTP endpoints to create API backends quickly and easily.

3. Triggering workflows in response to events like queue messages or database changes.

Azure Functions can be triggered by various events (e.g., blob storage events, Service bus messages), making it the best for automating workflows in response to specific triggers within your business process.

4. Implementing webhooks that respond to events from external systems.

Azure Functions provides a cost-effective and scalable way to handle webhook requests, only using resources when the webhook is triggered. For instance, requests from third party vendors can be handled using azure functions.

Microsoft also has an article on some of these scenarios, you can check it out there: Microsoft: Azure Function Scenarios

Please let me know if you would like some help with developing or designing azure functions.