step-functions

You orchestrate AWS services into a serverless workflow by defining visual state machines that coordinate distributed applications and microservices. This approach manages complex business processes and automates IT tasks reliably without managing underlying infrastructure.

State machines handle errors and retries for distributed microservices by implementing sophisticated error handling, retry logic, and fallback mechanisms. This ensures robust coordination when connecting multiple AWS services into reliable workflows.

Yes, you can use step functions to coordinate Lambda, DynamoDB, and SQS together. The state machine seamlessly integrates these AWS services, allowing you to connect multi-step processes like order validation and payment processing.

Standard and express workflows are both supported modes for building event-driven architectures. Standard workflows manage long-running, auditable processes, while express workflows handle high-throughput, short-duration tasks within your state machine orchestration.

You add parallel branches and choice states to an AWS state machine definition using the Amazon States Language. This allows your workflow to support complex logic, map states for dynamic parallel processing, and route execution paths conditionally.