Sample Azure Function

To explain the concepts of Azure Functions, we'll make use of a fictional company, ShipAnyWhere. ShipAnyWhere is a large logistical company that is specialized in commerce and fulfillment. ShipAnyWhere provides solutions for e-commerce businesses across the world. It has got more than 100 distribution centers across more than 30 countries. It provides B2B, e-commerce, and multi-channel fulfillment solutions to its customers using cutting-edge technologies.

ShipAnyWhere has a web application that allows orders to be submitted by customers. When an order is submitted, the following takes place:

1. The web application puts the Order message in a Service Bus queue
2. An Azure Function receives the Order messages from the Service Bus queue
3. The availability of the products being ordered is checked with Inventory DB, which is a Cosmos DB database collection
4. Based...