In the world where serverless has proven to be more than a buzzword the question has become what we can do as PowerShell enthusiasts. This session will dive into Azure Functions and how you as a PowerShell professional can leverage your existing skills to hit the ground running in the new serverless world.

1. French PowerShell Saturday
15 Septembre 2018 - #FrPwshSat2018
Write Serverless Applications
with PowerShell and Azure Functions
Jaap Brasser
@jaap_brasser

2. French PowerShell Saturday
15 Septembre 2018 - #FrPwshSat2018
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4. Agenda
Introduction to Cloud Automation
Azure Automation
Microsoft Flow
Azure Functions
Demos!

5. Cloud
Automation

6. Azure
Automation

7. Automate processes
Cross-platform configuration
management
Download example runbooks
and scripts
Event grid integration
Hybrid Runbook Worker
500 free minutes

8. What is
Microsoft
Flow

9. Connectors

10. Flow
Templates

11. Use Connectors to get data
Create triggers based on this
data
Build workflows
Integrate and combine different
services
Approval flows
Long runtime of flows

12. What are Azure Functions

13. What is
serverless?

14. Azure Web Apps

15. Advantages of
Azure
Functions
Pay for what you use
No Infrastructure to manage
No maintenance of servers
Can be placed in existing subscriptions
Simplify code writing

16. What are we trying to solve?
Re-using existing skills
Re-using existing code / scripts
Faster deployment
Less maintenance

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Demo Summary
• Triggers available
• Experimental flag
• How to create Azure Function
• Delete Azure Function

19. PowerShell language support is still
experimental

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Demo Summary
• Create PowerShell function
• Used cron notation

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Demo Summary
• Which PowerShell version
• What variables are defined
• Saw the variables & files
• Reconfigured function.json
• Used Invoke-RestMethod to run

24. Error handling

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Demo Summary
• Had our function fail
• Looked at different error logs
• Fixed the code based on output

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Demo Summary
• Allow FTP upload
• Upload module to wwwroot
• Import-Module

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Demo Summary
• Create a zip file with code / modules
• Set WEBSITE_RUN_FROM_ZIP
• Run Azure Function

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Demo Summary
• Allow FTP upload
• Upload module to wwwroot
• Import-Module

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Demo Summary
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37. Use existing PowerShell skills
Develop serverless code
Interact with other services
Free tier
functions.azure.com

38. Questions?

39. French PowerShell Saturday
15 Septembre 2018 - #FrPwshSat2018
Merci à nos sponsors !!