• An easy way to host and manage your web application
  • They are a fully managed platform - meaning Servers, Network and Storage are all managed by Azure
  • This is a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offering

Categories

  • Web apps
    • Websites and online applications hosted on Azure’s managed platform
    • Runs of both Windows and Linux platforms
    • Supports a lot of languages such as .NET, Java, Node.js, PHP, Python and Ruby
    • Azure integration for easier deployment
    • Supports auto scaling and load balancing
  • Web apps for containers
    • Deploy and run containerised applications in Azure
    • A container is completely self contained
    • All dependencies are shipped inside the container
    • Deploy anywhere with a consistent experience
    • Reliable between environments
  • API apps
    • Expose and connect your data backend