What’s new for Serverless from Microsoft Connect?

This is my presentation from Microsoft Connect Istanbul. A local version of the global online Microsoft Connect conference.

Transcript

1. What’s new for Serverless
   from Microsoft Connect?
   Daron Yöndem
   http://daron.me
   @daronyondem
   

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2. Agenda
   • AKS Virtual Node Public Preview
   • GPU Support in ACI Public Preview
   • Azure Serverless Community Library
   • Consumption Plan for Linux-based Azure Functions
   • Python Support in Azure Functions
   • Durable Functions for JavaScript
   • Azure API Management Consumption Tier Public Prebview
   

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3. AKS Virtual Node
   • Feels serverless, doesn’t it?
   • Virtual Kubelet supports ACI, AWS Fargat, Service Fabric Mesh,
   ECI
   • https://github.com/Virtual-Kubelet/Virtual-Kubelet
   

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4. GPU Support in ACI
   • Not available on the Azure Portal yet!
   • Use CLI with YAML or ARM
   • CUDA drivers preloaded
   • NVIDIA Tesla K80, P100 or V100 available
   • Machines up to 4 GPU, 24 CPU and 448 GPU RAM
   • Provisioning takes up to 8-10 minutes 
   

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5. Serverless
   Community
   Library
   • Ready to deploy
   solutions.
   • All open source.
   https://serverlesslibrary.net/
   

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6. It is like free food! More exciting if you are not hungry.
   DEMO | https://serverlesslibrary.net/
   

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7. Consumption Plan for Linux
   Functions
   • Previously only on Linux App Service Plans.
   • Now pay-per-execution on Linux.
   

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8. Python on Azure Functions
   on Linux
   • Pyhton 3.6 on Functions 2.0
   • Go ML Gurus!
   • Linux based functions accept Docker
   containers for deployment.
   

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9. Durable Functions Extension for
   JavaScript
   • General Availability baby!
   • Function orchestration at its best!
   • Use in Node.JS.
   • Chaining, fan-out/fan-in!
   

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10. Durable Functions taking over JavaScript
    DEMO
    

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11. API Management
    Consumption Tier
    • Instant provisioning
    • Auto-scale
    • Pay-per-action
    • Serverless it is!
    

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12. API Management – Rate Limiting Function Calls
    DEMO
    

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13. What improvements to
    expect?
    • Better cold start times.
    • One-click upgrade to higher pricing tiers
    • Custom hostname and certificate
    

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14. Links worth sharing
    Virtual Kubelet with Azure Kubernetes Service
    http://drn.fyi/VK-AKS
    Cluster Autoscaler on Azure Kubernetes Service
    • http://drn.fyi/AKSautoscale
    Deploy container instances that use GPU resources
    • https://drn.fyi/GPUACI
    Durable Functions for Node.JS
    • https://drn.fyi/2BGEsRZ Samples:https://drn.fyi/2EJQBso
    Azure API Management for serverless architectures
    • https://drn.fyi/2AghEII
    

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15. Thanks
    http://daron.me | @daronyondem
    Download slides here;
    http://daron.me/decks
    

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