From there, you can easily edit your Python code and quickly test your AWS Lambda functions all within the AWS Management Console. Serverless computing with Python in AWS really couldn’t be easier.

With Lambda@Edge, developers can do processing at the edge locations without having to go back to the original source. These functions are able to inspect HTTP requests and take actions on them.

If it sounds familiar, it’s because AWS introduced a similar service called Lambda last year at re:Invent and in the tit for tat world of public cloud computing, Microsoft had to respond.