Alexa on Azure - practical use cases for getting started with Functions

In this talk we want to explore the magic of Azure Functions - what are they, what can we do with them and what's so cool about the serverless paradigm.

This session is all about examples: image manipulation, using AI services or building your very own Alexa skill - this is one for the demo gods!

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1. Alexa on Azure Practical use cases for getting started with Azure Functions Thomas Pentenrieder, Sebastian Jensen | medialesson GmbH
2. Thank you, sponsors!
3. Thomas Pentenrieder Consultant pentenrieder@medialesson.de @th_p
4. Sebastian Jensen Developer jensen@medialesson.de @tsjdevapps
5. What are Azure Functions? Code Events + Data Azure Functions
6. Some Benefits Abstraction of Servers Sub-second billing Speed & Availability Instant Scale Focus on Logic Different Languages
7. Language Support
8. Local Testing
9. Local Testing
10. Local Testing
11. Voice Assistant: Alexa • Amazon • April 2014 • Echo Family • Windows-PCs later this year… – Demo during Microsoft Build Conference 2018 Alexa
12. Wording: Skill • Voice Experiences, which can be developed by third parties • Extends the available functions • "Voice Apps" with focused functionality • Are currently available for free • Be activated or deactivated via voice commands or companion apps
14. Demo
15. Pros of Azure Functions • Azure Functions are cheap. • Azure Functions are simple for simple scenarios. • The amount of code you write in a function will probably be less than writing the same behavior outside of Azure Functions.
16. Cons of Azure Functions • The languages and the runtimes for Azure Functions are not specialized. • Deploying, authoring, testing, and executing a function is difficult outside of Azure. • Startup time of the function is sometimes a little bit slow.
17. Any questions?
18. Thank you for your interest! www.medialesson.de
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