One key Azure Functions feature is its portability, with the option of building Functions apps and a basic runtime in containers for deployment and testing.

Microsoft recently announced that Azure Durable Functions support for the new storage providers, Netherite and Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL), is generally available.

Durable Functions for Python v1.0.0b12 is an exciting new release that exposes the durable entities API, drops support for extension bundles V1, and fixes a handful of minor bugs.

Support for Azure Functions Node and Python SDKs will be added in future releases. Durable Functions is an open-source project released under the MIT license.

description: Learn how to implement a status monitor using the Durable Functions extension for Azure Functions (Python).

Microsoft has brought the notions of states to the formerly stateless Azure Functions, Microsoft’s serverless computing platform. The addition of states gives developers exciting new ways to ...