Azure for .NET Developers — Part 6: Azure Functions vs Background Services — When Serverless Wins
The isolated worker model, honest cold-start numbers, and a practical decision table for Functions vs IHostedService vs container jobs.
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BlobServiceClient with DefaultAzureCredential, access tiers and lifecycle rules, and user-delegation SAS links that expire in minutes instead of account keys that never do.
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