- Azure App Service is an HTTP-based service.
- Enables you to build and host many types of web-based solutions without managing infrastructure.
- E.g. you can host web apps, mobile back-ends, and RESTful APIs in several supported programming languages.
- Supports different frameworks such as .NET, .NET Core, Java, Ruby, Node.js, PHP, Python..
- Can scale on both both Windows and Linux-based environments.
Mobile apps
- Allows developers to create mobile backend as a service (MBaaS)
- Features include
- Autoscaling
- Offline data synchronization
- Broadcasting push notifications
- Integration with identity providers including Azure Active Directory, Google, Twitter, Facebook, and Microsoft
Azure Marketplace
- Online store that hosts applications that are certified and optimized to run in Azure.
- Many types of applications are available, e.g. AI / web applications.
- Deployments from the store are done via the Azure portal using a wizard-style user interface.
- Makes evaluating different solutions easy.
Pricing tiers
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Categories
Category Description Dev / Test Ideal for less demanding workloads. Focused on providing shared infrastructure. Additional features include custom domains / SSL and manual scale. Production Ideal for more demanding workloads. Additional features include staging slots, daily backups, and a traffic manager. Isolated Ideal for workloads that require advanced networking and fine-grained scaling. -
Within each category, there are different pricing tiers.
Scale up an App Service
- Open the Azure portal
- From the left-hand navigation menu (may need to click on menu icon), select Dashboard
- Select the App Service with the name you chose it in the previous exercise.
- Under Settings you see many configurable settings
- Select Scale up (App service plan).