Your First Azure Functions: Triggers, Workflows, and App Insights

Azure Functions makes it easy to get something running in the cloud—but turning that “hello world” into a real application requires a few key architectural decisions. In this session, we’ll walk through the fundamentals of building your first Azure Functions–based application in .NET, with a focus on understanding triggers, structuring workflows, and getting meaningful telemetry into Application Insights.

We’ll explore the most common trigger types—HTTP, timers, queues, and more—and break down when to use each one. You’ll learn how to organize your Function App for clarity, how to keep your logic clean and testable, and how messages and data should flow through your system as it grows.

And because observability is essential from day one, we’ll look at how to capture logs, traces, and metrics that actually help you understand what your app is doing in production.

If you’re new to Azure Functions or just starting to think about serverless architecture in .NET, you’ll leave with a clear mental model, practical patterns, and the confidence to build your first real‑world application.