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The tutorial is clear, stepping through building and testing an Azure function, using both the built-in Azure testing tools and sending a request via Curl from the desktop.

Two cloud development services -- Azure Functions and Azure App Service -- are now available on Azure Stack, which brings cloud functionality to on-premises, hybrid implementations.

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