Azure Functions vs. Logic Apps

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Rotem Varon picture Rotem Varon · Apr 2, 2016 · Viewed 13.8k times · Source

Functions & Logic Apps are two distinct offerings by Microsoft Azure. I wonder what are the use cases that one should favor the new Functions offering over Logic Apps.

Answer

Chris Anderson-MSFT picture Chris Anderson-MSFT · Apr 2, 2016

Azure Functions is code being triggered by an event.

Logic Apps is a workflow triggered by an event.

That means that they are also, in fact, complementary. You can, as of sometime yesterday, add a Function as part of a workflow inside a Logic App via the Logic Apps UX.

TL;DR - It's Logic Apps + Functions, not Logic Apps OR Functions.

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