Monthly Archives: November 2017

Deploy an application to Azure App Service in a production slot

Create an Azure Web app 1.      In the Azure portal, in the hub menu, click + New, click Web + Mobile and then, click Web App. 2.      On the Web App blade, specify the following information. ·        App name: a … Continue reading

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Azure Storage Options

Azure Storage  is a service that you can use to store files, messages, tables and other types of information. You can use Azure storage on its own—for example as a file share—but it is often used by developers as a … Continue reading

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General and Blob Azure Storage Accounts

There are two kinds of storage accounts: General purpose and Blob. A general-purpose storage account gives you access to Azure Storage services such as Tables, Queues, Files, Blobs and Azure virtual machine disks under a single account. This type of … Continue reading

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Standard and Premium Azure Storage Accounts

Standard storage accounts are backed by magnetic drives (HDD) and provide the lowest cost per GB.  Premium storage accounts are backed by solid state drives (SSD) and offer consistent low-latency performance. Note It is not possible to convert standard storage … Continue reading

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What is Azure App Service Authentication / Authorization?

App Service Authentication / Authorization is a feature that provides a way for your application to sign in users so that you don’t have to change code on the app backend. It provides an easy way to protect your application … Continue reading

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Azure Content Delivery Network

The Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN) caches static web content at strategically placed locations to provide maximum throughput for delivering content to users. The CDN offers developers a global solution for delivering high-bandwidth content by caching the content at physical … Continue reading

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Secure an app in Azure App Service

Security in Azure App Service has two levels: Infrastructure and platform security – You trust Azure to have the services you need to actually run things securely in the cloud. Application security – You need to design the app itself … Continue reading

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Key App Service Features for Azure Web Apps

Here are some key features of App Service that apply to Web Apps: Multiple languages and frameworks – App Service has first-class support for ASP.NET, Node.js, Java, PHP, and Python. You can also run PowerShell and other scripts or executables … Continue reading

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Scaling Azure Functions

The Azure Functions platform allocates compute power when your code is running, scales out as necessary to handle load, and then scales in when code is not running. This means you don’t pay for idle VMs or have to reserve … Continue reading

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Azure Storage Replication Options

The data in your Microsoft Azure storage account is always replicated to ensure durability and high availability. When you create a storage account, you have four replication options. Replication Option Number of copies Strategy Locally redundant storage (LRS) Maintains three copies … Continue reading

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