One key Azure Functions feature is its portability, with the option of building Functions apps and a basic runtime in containers for deployment and testing.

Two cloud development services -- Azure Functions and Azure App Service -- are now available on Azure Stack, which brings cloud functionality to on-premises, hybrid implementations.

On Azure, one of the key serverless technologies is WebJobs, an independent process that handles back-end services for Azure’s web application platform.

Microsoft answers AWS Lambda’s event-triggered serverless apps with Azure Functions Ron Miller 9:24 AM PDT · March 31, 2016 ...