Hosting ASP.NET Core web apps in Microsoft Azure

First, you need to register an account with Microsoft Azure.

Register an Azure account

Go to http://portal.azure.com/ and register an account to get a free trial. You will be able to continue after the end of the free trial because we will only use the free features of Azure.

You can use any Microsoft account, for example, Hotmail, MSN, or Live account. For this book, I registered a new account named cs6dotnetcore@outlook.com.

Create an Azure web app

Go to the Azure portal (https://portal.azure.com/), where you will see the Azure dashboard:

Create an Azure web app

Click on All resources and then click on the + Add button:

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