Chris Gillum, an Engineering Manager in the Azure Serverless team, talks to us about the value of Durable Functions in serverless computing. He explains the underlying architecture of the Azure Serverless Architecture and how and why Durable Functions play a role in an application design.  Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode339.mp3 Resources: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/durable/   Other updates: Azure Data Factory Managed Virtual Network https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-data-factory-managed-virtual-network/ Announcing the general availability of Azure shared disks and new Azure Disk Storage enhancements https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-the-general-availability-of-azure-shared-disks-and-new-azure-disk-storage-enhancements/ AMD-based memory-optimized Azure virtual machines now available in more regions https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/amd-based-memory-optimized-azure-virtual-machines-now-available-in-more-regions/ Introducing the Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-the-microsoft-azure-wellarchitected-framework/