what is equivalent of a windows service on azure?

Question

what is the way to have an always running process on azure? on windows it is windows service, but do i have to get a virtual machine just to have a single running process? I

Answer 1

Azure function is a good candidate for migrating windows services into something cloud based. Azure function can be triggered by a timer and so like a windows service can be scheduled at a certain time of the day for example.
Please give a read to my notes that I wrote while I worked on such a migration: https://dumanhilltechnologies.com/blog/windows-service-migration-to-azure-function/