When you create a new Durable Function in C#, you get some code which looks like this: [FunctionName("Function1")] public static async Task> RunOrchestrator( [OrchestrationTrigger] IDurableOrchestrationContext context) { var outputs = new List(); // Replace "hello" with the name of your Durable Activity Function. outputs.Add(await...

This week (in fact, today) we are starting Microsoft Ignite, our biggest conference of the year. It is the first time that we have to run the event online, which of course is a bit sad (last year's event in Orlando was amazing, so many people...) but in the other hand it's also the chance for everyone to see the event LIVE and to ask questions from...

This week (in fact, today) we are starting Microsoft Ignite, our biggest conference of the year. It is the first time that we have to run the event online, which of course is a bit sad (last year's event in Orlando was amazing, so many people...) but in the other hand it's also the chance for everyone to see the event LIVE and to ask questions from...

Intro Find the GitHub repository for this series here. Previous article: Notifications Client Step 0: Specification Main article: Building a notifications client with Xamarin and Azure I have decided to build a cross-platform Notifications Client used to receive push notifications when a long-running system needs it. This Notifications...

Find the GitHub repository for this series here. Intro Main article: Building a notifications client with Xamarin and Azure I have decided to build a cross-platform Notifications Client used to receive push notifications when a long-running system needs it. This Notifications Client is generic, and not tied to a specific system or application,...

Find the GitHub repository for this series here. I often find myself needing to send a notification to my mobile device, for example when a job finishes on Azure, when one of my computers at home is done doing something, or when I just want to send an alert when something changes in a system I am observing. Normally I would go ahead and...