--- title: Serverless Compute Operations with Azure Functions description: A new Pluralsight course called 'Azure Serverless Compute Operations' covers implementing, configuring, deploying and monitoring Azure Functions applications.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/serverless-compute-operations-with-azure-functions-gnvp2y8wx twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Serverless Compute Operations with Azure Functions | daily.dev og:description: A new Pluralsight course called 'Azure Serverless Compute Operations' covers implementing, configuring, deploying and monitoring Azure Functions applications.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/serverless-compute-operations-with-azure-functions-gnvp2y8wx og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/GNVP2Y8Wx.png og:image:alt: Serverless Compute Operations with Azure Functions og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Serverless Compute Operations with Azure Functions **[Mark Heath](https://daily.dev/sources/markheath)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A new Pluralsight course called 'Azure Serverless Compute Operations' covers implementing, configuring, deploying and monitoring Azure Functions applications. It opens with implementing Azure Functions, including timer, blob and queue triggered functions, then explains Azure Functions hosting plans and their trade-offs. The deployment section uses Bicep and the Azure CLI to deploy a Flex Consumption plan and its resources, then publish code. The final section covers monitoring with Azure Monitor, configuring scaling, handling failures including in Durable Functions, and setting up managed identities and RBAC for secure connections. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is the Flex Consumption plan in Azure Functions? It's a hosting plan for Azure Functions that lets you choose between serverless cost-effective scaling and having some always-ready instances, rather than forcing a strict choice between the two. This gives teams flexibility to match the hosting model to their application's needs instead of accepting the trade-offs of a purely consumption-based or dedicated plan. _Teams weighing Azure Functions hosting plans can keep up with serverless deployment options on daily.dev._ ### Why would I use Durable Functions instead of chaining message handlers together? Durable Functions create reliable, observable workflows with clear orchestration, solving problems that arise from simply chaining message handlers together, an approach known as choreography. They enable workflow patterns like fan-out and fan-in, and give much more visibility and control when things go wrong, though they take some learning to master. _Developers designing event-driven workflows track orchestration patterns like these on daily.dev._ ### How do I deploy an Azure Functions Flex Consumption plan with infrastructure as code? You can deploy a Flex Consumption plan and its associated resources using Bicep and the Azure CLI, then publish your code, test the function, and update the app. This workflow covers provisioning the serverless infrastructure declaratively before pushing function code to it. _Developers automating Azure Functions deployments follow infrastructure-as-code approaches like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Automating deployment of Azure Functions](https://daily.dev/posts/automating-deployment-of-azure-functions-av7jg5mip) · CircleCI · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Azure Functions Ships Serverless Agents Runtime at Build 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/azure-functions-ships-serverless-agents-runtime-at-build-2026-sajc9mte5) · InfoQ · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Azure Functions Monitoring: Metrics, Logs and OpenTelemetry](https://daily.dev/posts/azure-functions-monitoring-metrics-logs-and-opentelemetry-jxyeojetr) · Last9 · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [How to create Azure Functions in Golang with the new SDK — Part 1](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-create-azure-functions-in-golang-with-the-new-sdk-part-1-rf9kjngee) · Medium · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Monitor Azure Functions across every hosting plan with Datadog](https://daily.dev/posts/monitor-azure-functions-across-every-hosting-plan-with-datadog-qdszmzrli) · Datadog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#azure](https://daily.dev/tags/azure), [#serverless](https://daily.dev/tags/serverless), [#azure-functions](https://daily.dev/tags/azure-functions) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/serverless-compute-operations-with-azure-functions-gnvp2y8wx) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Serverless Compute Operations with Azure Functions","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/serverless-compute-operations-with-azure-functions-gnvp2y8wx","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/serverless-compute-operations-with-azure-functions-gnvp2y8wx"},"datePublished":"2026-10-29T09:25:35.957Z","dateModified":"2026-10-29T09:25:59.524Z","description":"A new Pluralsight course called 'Azure Serverless Compute Operations' covers implementing, configuring, deploying and monitoring Azure Functions applications....","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--58gMhC4P--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2012","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--58gMhC4P--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2012","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Mark Heath","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Mark Heath","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--571bvKPN--/f_auto,q_auto/v1780213491/logos/markheath?_a=BAMAMiWQ0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/markheath"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/serverless-compute-operations-with-azure-functions-gnvp2y8wx","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"azure,serverless,azure-functions","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Mark Heath","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/markheath"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Serverless Compute Operations with Azure Functions"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/serverless-compute-operations-with-azure-functions-gnvp2y8wx#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What is the Flex Consumption plan in Azure Functions?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"It's a hosting plan for Azure Functions that lets you choose between serverless cost-effective scaling and having some always-ready instances, rather than forcing a strict choice between the two. 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