Serverless Azure: Event-based Microservices - beyond just Functions

Whaaat? No servers? Well, yes. The Serverless approach for building microservices promises to offer a low entry barrier - for both getting starting and for fulfilling a target. In this session Christian will show you end-to-end Serverless with Azure & .NET Core by means of a realistic application scenario from customer projects. Based on proven design patterns you can build simple & complex applications scenarios with Azure Functions, Azure Event Grid, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Storage & friends. Locally and in the cloud. One of the central key concepts here is thinking in events in order to trigger actions like sending messages, retrieving data or pushing information to destinations. Come and join this session, maybe you will face some new ideas for your future business software.

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1. Christian Weyer @christianweyer CTO Serverless Azure Event-based Microservices - beyond just Functions Azure Saturday 2018
2. 2 § Founder & CTO at Thinktecture AG § Personal focus on § Mobile & web-based application architectures § Interoperability, cross-device § Pragmatic end-to-end solutions § Cloud-native & serverless architectures § Independent Microsoft Regional Director § Microsoft MVP for ASP.NET (Architecture) ASPInsider, AzureInsider § Google GDE for Web Technologies § christian.weyer@thinktecture.com § ! @christianweyer Christian Weyer Event-based Microservices - beyond just Functions Serverless Azure
3. 3 Let’s start with a demo ! Event-based Microservices - beyond just Functions Serverless Azure
4. 4 § Serverless ? § Serverless Compute § Serverless Database § Serverless Eventing Serverless Azure Event-based Microservices - beyond just Functions The Journey
5. 5 Building & integrating software Microservices architectures (virtual introduction !) Event-based Microservices - beyond just Functions Serverless Azure
6. 6 A different approach Serverless Event-based Microservices - beyond just Functions Serverless Azure
7. 7 § We can choose from a continuum § VM ➔ § Containers ➔ § Orchestrators ➔ § PaaS ➔ § Serverless Event-based Microservices - beyond just Functions Evolution to Cloud Compute Continuum PaaS IaaS On-Premises Serverless Serverless Azure
8. 8 What is Serverless, anyway? Event-based Microservices - beyond just Functions Serverless Azure
9. 9 § Serverless Compute → Azure Functions § Serverless Database → Azure Cosmos DB § Serverless Events → Azure Event Grid § Serverless Realtime → Azure SignalR Service § Serverless Workflows → Azure Durable Functions & Azure Logic Apps § Serverless IoT → Azure IoT Hub § Serverless Analytics → Application Insights ... and more: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/overview/serverless-computing/ Event-based Microservices - beyond just Functions Serverless in Azure (Serverless != FaaS-only) Serverless Azure
10. 10 Serverless Home Automation Demo Scenario Event-based Microservices - beyond just Functions Serverless Azure
11. Demo Scenario: Serverless Home Automation Event-based Microservices - beyond just Functions Serverless Azure Event Hub IoT Hub Cosmos DB App Service
12. 12 Azure Functions Serverless Code / Compute Event-based Microservices - beyond just Functions Serverless Azure
13. 13 § Azure Functions is code being triggered by an event § Focused code + events § Basic principles enable powerful use cases § Events ➔ Triggers § Bindings § Two ways of operation § Cost-optimized, automatic scale § Always-on, via Azure App Service § V2 runtime built on .NET Core § Available for self-hosting Event-based Microservices - beyond just Functions Azure Functions: Functions-as-a-Service Serverless Azure
14. 14 § In portal, via CLI, or in IDE § Visual Studio wizards for pre-compiled Functions § Local tooling & runtime available § Debugging locally or remote § Multiple language bindings supported § C# & C# Script (CSX) § F# § JavaScript, TypeScript (node.js) § Java (preview) § Bash, Batch, PowerShell § … more planned Event-based Microservices - beyond just Functions Developing Functions Serverless Azure
15. 15 § Incoming event triggers function § Input bindings enable easy access to data from various data sources § Output bindings offer easy access to outbound data sinks § Custom triggers and bindings can be implemented Event-based Microservices - beyond just Functions Triggers & Bindings Serverless Azure Your code logic Runtime Azure Function HTTP Trigger Storage Input Binding Push Notification Output Binding Database Output Binding Email Output Binding
16. 16 Event-based Microservices - beyond just Functions Triggers & Bindings in Code Serverless Azure
17. 17 Event-based Microservices - beyond just Functions Serverless Azure https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/functions-triggers-bindings Triggers & Bindings
18. 18 Azure Cosmos DB Serverless Database Event-based Microservices - beyond just Functions Serverless Azure
19. 19 § Globally distributed, elastically scalable § Fully managed by Azure § Multi-model database § Key-value, document, graph § Multiple APIs § DocumentDB, with SQL & JS APIs § MongoDB API § Cassandra API § Table Storage API § Graph Database with Gremlin API § No database schema management Event-based Microservices - beyond just Functions Cosmos DB: A Database with Many Faces Serverless Azure
20. 20 § Building event-driven architectures with Cosmos DB § Use as input binding in Functions § Subscribe to collection changes § Can be used as a trigger for Functions Event-based Microservices - beyond just Functions Cosmos DB Change Feed Serverless Azure
21. 21 Azure Event Grid Serverless Eventing Event-based Microservices - beyond just Functions Serverless Azure
22. 22 § Fully-managed centralized event routing service § Simplifies development of event-based applications § Simplifies creation of serverless workflows § Manages all routing of events § From any source, to any destination, for any application § Eventing, not enterprise messaging § Supports direct event filtering using event type, prefix or suffix § Your application will only need to receive the events you care about § Same underlying model for different use-cases § System-provided events § Custom application-specific events Event-based Microservices - beyond just Functions Event Grid Serverless Azure
23. 23 Event Grid Reliability & Performance Event-based Microservices - beyond just Functions Serverless Azure
24. 24 Summary Event-based Microservices - beyond just Functions Serverless Azure
25. 25 § Serverless is just one option in the Cloud Continuum § Always think about the use cases and requirements § Think in events & triggers! § Serverless Azure tries to offer solutions in the Continuum – mixture of PaaS & FaaS § Functions § Cosmos DB § Event Grid § SignalR Service § … & more § It is not about Windows & .NET - it is about any OS, any platform, any language – any solution J Summary Event-based Microservices - beyond just Functions Serverless Azure
26. 26 § Processing 100,000 Events Per Second on Azure Functions § https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/appserviceteam/2017/09/19/processing- 100000-events-per-second-on-azure-functions/ § Azure Functions – Significant Improvements in HTTP Trigger Scaling § https://www.azurefromthetrenches.com/azure-functions-significant- improvements-in-http-trigger-scaling/ Serverless Azure Event-based Microservices - beyond just Functions Interesting reading
27. Serverless Azure Event-based Microservices - beyond just Functions Christian Weyer @christianweyer christian.weyer@thinktecture.com Thank you! https://github.com/thinktecture/azuresaturday-2018-serverless