📢 Today we extended the early access preview of the durable task scheduler managed backend to everyone!
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tl;dr - the durable task scheduler is a fully managed backend for Azure Durable Functions. No need to bring your own storage, we'll manage it for you!
Some key features include a web-based management dashboard, identity-based authentication, Azure RBAC authorization model, and an emulator for offline, local development.
The dashboard is one of the most important features of this release, giving insights into the state of all your orchestrations and allowing you to drill into the details. A managed backend is what finally made this possible at scale. It can run locally via the emulator too!
We're also proud of the fact that this is the fastest backend option available for Durable Functions. It uses a custom data stack optimized for durable task workloads and was inspired by the "Netherite" storage technology, which we debuted in 2022. microsoft.com/en-us/research…
Another cool feature is that it you can use schedulers with apps hosted *outside* of Azure Functions as well. In fact, we have groups at Microsoft using DTS from their AKS clusters in production today.
Check out the samples in GitHub to learn more: aka.ms/dts-samples
Mar 21, 2025 · 5:32 AM UTC
Looking to get started? You can find the official documentation here: aka.ms/dts-documentation. You can also now create instances of the durable task scheduler as part of the Azure Functions create experience in the Azure Portal, making setup super easy.