Serverless computing in Azure with .NET

Networking concepts

Before we proceed with an explanation of the different Function App deployment methods, we need to define a number of networking concepts. If you are familiar with networking in general, and Azure networking components in particular, feel free to proceed to the Azure App Service section.

The definitions of key networking concepts follow:

Private IP address space is an IP address space of IPv4 addresses defined by the RFC 1918 document. Addresses in this private space are not allocated to any particular organization, any organization may use them. The packets addressed to and from these IPs cannot be transmitted over the public internet.

The private IP addresses are commonly used for Local Area Networks (LANs) in homes ...