SWA was already integrated with Azure Functions, allowing developers to deploy an API with the static web app without managing a separate Azure Functions resource.

Microsoft announced several new features that are now generally available in the fall update of Azure Functions, used for event-driven serverless computing in the cloud.

Developers can now experiment with serverless computing projects with Azure Functions on the latest preview of the upcoming .NET 6 milestone release.

Full-scale application deployments across Azure, integrating services such as Azure Functions, API Management, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and GitHub Actions.

Serverless computing becomes a focus at JavaOne 2017, as Oracle introduces Project Fn and Microsoft previews Java support for Azure Functions.