Azure Functions has reached its 3rd version and it is still not that easy to deploy them. Setting AppSettings during deployment is also a pain and often they're not set in a secure way. ConnectionStrings and other secrets are often just added in plain text and therefor seeable for everyone who has access to the Functions instance. But Azure offers a much better way to handle secrets and connection strings called Azure KeyVault. Azure KeyVault can be fully integrated into Azure Functions and can be deployed directly through Azure DevOps and ARM-Templates.

In this session we will look into a complete and secure deployment for Azure Functions, KeyVault and all possible dependencies like Cosmos DB, Azure Storage or Service Bus.