The following are some of the benefits of serverless computing:
- Faster time to market as you can write code in the functions editor in the Azure portal and click on Run for execution
- No need to worry about the infrastructure and provisioning resources
- Easy bindings to services and external services
- Create functions in multiple languages as supported by the cloud service provider
- Pay only for what you use
- More cost-effective than IaaS and PaaS
- No configuration is required to set up scaling in and scaling out policies
In the next section, we will cover an overview of the Azure Functions.