Azure Functions Premium plan
Published date: April 03, 2019
Announcing the public preview of the Azure Functions Premium plan a new hosting option for Function Apps which provides pre-warmed instances to run your app with no delay after being idle, VNET connectivity, and more powerful hardware, all while automatically scaling in response to load without having to compromise on latency or scale. Benefits of this new plan:
- Advanced scale controls for customized deployments, specifying both the instance size and min/max number of instances in which it will be running.
- Network isolation through VNET connectivity and secure access to resources in a private network.
- Pre-warmed instances to avoid the delay when calling an idle application for the first time (cold start)