Workflow Orchestration

intermediate
automation
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Definition

Automated coordination and sequencing of multiple tasks, processes, or services in a specific order to complete complex workflows.

Real-World Example

Workflow Orchestration automatically processes customer orders by calling payment service, updating inventory, sending emails, and triggering shipping - all in the right sequence.

Cloud Provider Equivalencies

All coordinate multi-step workflows across services with retries, branching, and state tracking. Step Functions and Cloud Workflows are managed workflow orchestrators; Durable Functions adds orchestration patterns to serverless functions; OCI Workflow provides managed orchestration in Oracle Cloud.

AWS
AWS Step Functions
AZ
Azure Durable Functions
GCP
Google Cloud Workflows
OCI
OCI Workflow

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