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Rob ReaganWeb Applications on Azurehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-2976-7_2

2. Web Applications

Rob Reagan
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
 
Microsoft App Service Web Apps are a PaaS offering that allows developers to quickly and easily deploy web sites and applications to the Internet. Think of Web Apps as a cloud-based IIS that is already secured, configured, and just waiting for you to upload your code. In addition to hosting your application, some of the other benefits that Web Apps offer include the following:
  • Scalability: Web Apps allow you to scale up (move to a more powerful instance) or scale out (add additional instances) almost instantaneously without having to redeploy your code. With Standard or Premium Web App instances, ...

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