Automated coordination and sequencing of multiple tasks, processes, or services in a specific order to complete complex workflows.
Workflow Orchestration automatically processes customer orders by calling payment service, updating inventory, sending emails, and triggering shipping - all in the right sequence.
All four services orchestrate multi-step workflows across services with state management, retries, and branching. AWS Step Functions and GCP Workflows are general-purpose workflow orchestrators; Azure Durable Functions orchestrates workflows using code-first patterns on top of Azure Functions; OCI Workflow provides managed orchestration for coordinating tasks and services within OCI.