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App Service Environment
Microsoft Learn describes App Service Environment as a single-tenant App Service deployment that runs in a customer virtual network. It hosts App Service plans and apps with stronger network isolation, dedicated compute boundaries, and high-scale hosting compared with the public multitenant App Service model.
App Service isolation
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: ASE, Azure App Service Environment, app service environment
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Premium v3 App Service tier
Premium v3 is a higher App Service plan tier for apps that need more dedicated compute, memory, or scale than lower tiers provide.
App Service plans
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Function deployment slot
Function deployment slot is a separate deployment environment inside a Function App that can host a release before it becomes the production slot. Teams use it to test code, app settings, warmup behavior, and integrations under the same app boundary before swapping traffic to the new version. In daily Azure work, it appears when engineers deploy a queue processor safely, warm an HTTP API, test slot settings, or roll back a bad serverless release without rebuilding the app.
Azure Functions
intermediate
6 commands
Aliases: Azure Functions deployment slot, function app slot, staging slot for Functions
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Deployment Center
Deployment Center is the Azure portal experience for configuring and reviewing App Service deployment sources, such as GitHub, Azure Repos, Bitbucket, local Git, and supported build providers.
Deployment
fundamentals
4 commands
Aliases: App Service Deployment Center, Azure Deployment Center, deployment center in App Service, continuous deployment center
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FTP deployment
FTP deployment is an Azure App Service deployment method where application files are uploaded to a web app through FTP or FTPS publishing endpoints. Teams use it to support simple or legacy file-based releases when a full CI/CD pipeline, container image, or ZIP deployment flow is not available. In daily Azure work, it shows up when engineers publish static content, migrate an older web app, recover a small site, rotate deployment credentials, or disable basic publishing after modernization. It is not source control, a build pipeline, a secure secret-management strategy, or the preferred deployment method for regulated production systems.
App Service deployment
intermediate
4 commands
Aliases: FTPS deployment, App Service FTP deployment, FTP/S deployment
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DevOps
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GitHub Actions deployment
GitHub Actions deployment is a repository workflow that publishes application code, containers, or infrastructure changes to Azure after selected GitHub events such as push, pull request, or release. Teams use it to standardize builds, approvals, tests, packaging, and deployment to Azure services without relying on manual portal changes. In daily Azure work, it shows up when engineers configure App Service Deployment Center, deploy to a slot, use azure/login, run Bicep deployments, or troubleshoot a failed workflow run.
Deployment workflows
intermediate
4 commands
Aliases: GitHub Actions deploy, GitHub Actions CI/CD deployment, GitHub workflow deployment
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Deployment slot
Microsoft Learn describes App Service deployment slots as live apps with their own host names. You can deploy a web app, API app, mobile backend, or Linux web app to a nonproduction slot, validate it, then swap content and configuration with production.
App Service
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: App Service deployment slot, Azure App Service slot, Deployment slot, always-on, app-service, app-service-app-setting, app-service-logs, app-service-plan, container-apps-revision, deployment slot, deployment-slot, deployment-slot-swap, github-actions-deployment, production-slot, slot-setting, staging slot, staging-slot, web app slot
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Deployment slot swap
A deployment slot swap is the App Service release move that trades the roles of two slots, usually staging and production. Instead of deploying directly over the live app, teams deploy to a staging slot, test it, warm it up, and then swap it into production. The old production version remains in the other slot.
App Service
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: App Service slot swap, swap deployment slots, staging to production swap, Azure slot promotion
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Kudu
Kudu is the App Service deployment and diagnostics engine exposed through the SCM site, providing tools for deployment, logs, process inspection, console access, and troubleshooting.
App Service deployment and diagnostics
Intermediate
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Zip deploy
Zip deploy is an App Service deployment method that pushes a ZIP package to a web app and has Kudu extract or run the package. Microsoft Learn documents ZIP, WAR, JAR, EAR, and individual-file deployment, including the requirement that the deployment archive contain project files at its root.
App Service
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: ZIP deployment, Kudu ZIP deployment, package deployment, zip push deployment
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Auto swap
Auto swap is a convenience feature for Azure App Service deployment slots. Instead of a person manually swapping staging into production, App Service can automatically swap a configured source slot into a target slot after a code push. In plain terms, the app moves from “deployed to staging” to “live in the target slot” without another.
App Service
intermediate
4 commands
Aliases: App Service auto swap, deployment slot auto swap, slot auto swap, automatic slot swap
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EF Core migration
An EF Core migration records database schema changes from an Entity Framework Core model so teams can generate, review, and apply controlled schema updates.
.NET data access
intermediate
4 commands
Aliases: Entity Framework Core migration, EF migration
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Swap with preview
Swap with preview is a safer way to promote an App Service deployment slot. Instead of immediately swapping staging into production, Azure first applies the target slot's relevant configuration to the source slot and lets you verify the app. You can test startup, settings, authentication behavior, warm-up paths, and dependency access before completing the swap. If something looks wrong, you reset the preview and leave production traffic where it was. It is a controlled pause between deployment and commitment.
App Service
intermediate
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Aliases: App Service swap with preview, deployment slot swap preview, slot swap preview, preview swap
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Staging slot
Microsoft Learn describes an App Service staging slot as a separate live deployment slot with its own hostname, configuration, and content. Teams can validate changes before production, warm the app, swap slots, preserve slot-specific settings, and roll back by swapping again.
App Service deployment
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: App Service staging slot, deployment slot staging, Azure web app staging slot, staging deployment slot
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App Service private endpoint
An App Service private endpoint uses Azure Private Link to give an app a private IP address in a virtual network for inbound client access.
App Service Networking
intermediate
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App Service backup
An App Service feature for creating on-demand or scheduled backups of app content and supported configuration, with restore to an app or slot. It helps learners understand where the concept appears in Azure operations and what to verify before changing it.
App Service
intermediate
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Aliases: app service backup, backup
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App Service Environment v3
App Service Environment v3 is the current App Service Environment generation for single-tenant, dedicated App Service hosting with simplified networking and high-scale isolated workloads.
App Service isolation
intermediate
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Aliases: Azure App Service Environment v3, app service environment v3
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App Service Hybrid Connections
App Service Hybrid Connections let an App Service app make outbound TCP connections to a specific host and port in another network through Azure Relay.
App Service networking
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: Azure App Service Hybrid Connections, app service hybrid connections
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App Service Linux worker
An App Service Linux worker is the Linux-based App Service compute instance that runs an app using a built-in Linux runtime stack or custom container.
App Service runtime
intermediate
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Aliases: Azure App Service Linux worker, app service linux worker
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App Service logs
Microsoft Learn explains App Service diagnostic logging as settings that collect application logs, web server logs, detailed errors, failed request traces, container logs, and platform resource logs for App Service apps. These logs can be streamed, stored temporarily, written to storage, or routed through Azure Monitor.
App Service diagnostics
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: Azure App Service logs, app service logs
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App Service restore
App Service restore is recovering App Service content and supported configuration from an app backup, usually by overwriting an app or restoring into another app or deployment slot. Use it to reason about App Service behavior, validate configuration with CLI, and prevent hidden production impact from networking, scaling, recovery, security, or observability changes.
App Service Recovery
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App Service
Azure App Service is a managed HTTP-based platform for hosting web apps, REST APIs, and mobile back ends without managing the underlying servers. It helps learners understand where the concept appears in Azure operations and what to verify before changing it.
App Service
intermediate
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Aliases: App Service, app service
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App Service plan scale out
App Service plan scale out increases the number of worker instances running apps in an App Service plan, either manually or through scaling rules where supported.
App Service scaling
intermediate
4 commands
Aliases: Azure App Service plan scale out, app service plan scale out
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App Service app setting
An App Service app setting is a key-value configuration entry attached to a web app.
App Service configuration
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: app service app setting, app setting
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App Service log stream
App Service log stream is the live tail for an App Service app.
App Service diagnostics
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: Azure App Service log stream, app service log stream
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Premium v4 App Service tier
Premium v4 is the App Service tier you choose when a production web app, API, or container needs stronger dedicated workers than older premium tiers provide. It is still App Service, so Azure manages the platform, patching, load balancing, deployment slots, and scale controls. The difference is the worker profile: faster processors, NVMe-backed local storage, and memory-optimized options. Use it when measured CPU, memory, startup, or local I/O pressure justifies a larger plan, not as a blind fix for every slow request.
App Service plans
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App Service health check path
An App Service health check path is the URL path App Service probes to determine whether each app instance is healthy enough to receive traffic.
App Service operations
intermediate
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Aliases: Azure App Service health check path, app service health check path
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Basic App Service tier
The Basic App Service tier is a dedicated-compute App Service plan tier intended for lower-scale production, development, or test web apps that need dedicated workers.
App Service plan tiers
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Free App Service tier
The Free App Service tier is an App Service plan SKU for experimentation on shared infrastructure with limited features and no dedicated compute charge.
App Service plan tiers
fundamentals
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Aliases: App Service Free tier, F1 App Service tier, Free F1 plan
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Standard App Service tier
Microsoft Learn describes App Service plan tiers as the compute and feature boundary for apps hosted in Azure App Service. The Standard tier is a production-oriented tier that supports capabilities such as custom domains, TLS, autoscale, deployment slots, and larger dedicated capacity than entry-level tiers.
App Service plans
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: standard-app-service-tier, Standard App Service tier, App Service Standard tier, Standard App Service plan, S1 App Service plan, S2 App Service plan
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App Service auth token store
An App Service Authentication feature that stores provider tokens for signed-in users so application code can access them through the built-in authentication flow. It helps learners understand where the concept appears in Azure operations and what to verify before changing it.
App Service
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: app service auth token store, auth token store
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App Service authentication provider
An identity provider configured in App Service Authentication, such as Microsoft Entra ID, that handles user sign-in for the app. It helps learners understand where the concept appears in Azure operations and what to verify before changing it.
App Service
intermediate
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Aliases: app service authentication provider, authentication provider
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App Service connection string
A named connection string stored in App Service configuration and exposed to application code for supported database or service connectivity. It helps learners understand where the concept appears in Azure operations and what to verify before changing it.
App Service
intermediate
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Aliases: app service connection string, connection string
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App Service diagnostics
Built-in App Service troubleshooting tools and detectors that help diagnose availability, performance, configuration, networking, and runtime problems. It helps learners understand where the concept appears in Azure operations and what to verify before changing it.
App Service
intermediate
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Aliases: app service diagnostics, diagnostics
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App Service Plan
Microsoft Learn describes an App Service plan as the set of compute resources where App Service apps run. The plan defines region, operating system, pricing tier, instance size, scale capacity, and feature availability for one or more hosted apps within the same compute boundary.
App Service hosting plans
intermediate
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Aliases: Azure App Service plan, serverfarm, App Service hosting plan
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App Service scale rule
App Service scale rule is an autoscale rule or automatic scaling configuration that changes App Service capacity when metric thresholds, schedules, or platform load signals require more or fewer instances. Use it to reason about App Service behavior, validate configuration with CLI, and prevent hidden production impact from networking, scaling, recovery, security, or observability changes.
App Service Scaling
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App Service VNet integration
Microsoft Learn describes App Service virtual network integration as the feature that lets an App Service app access resources in or through an Azure virtual network. It affects outbound traffic from the app; inbound private access uses other controls, such as private endpoints and access restrictions.
App Service Networking
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: App Service virtual network integration, regional VNet integration, Web App VNet integration
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App Service Windows worker
App Service Windows worker is a Windows-based worker instance in an App Service plan that runs Windows App Service apps and shares compute with other apps placed in the same plan. Use it to reason about App Service behavior, validate configuration with CLI, and prevent hidden production impact from networking, scaling, recovery, security, or observability changes.
App Service Platform
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Isolated App Service tier
Isolated App Service tier is the App Service pricing tier used for apps running in an App Service Environment with dedicated, isolated workers and advanced networking options.
App Service Environment
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Aliases: App Service Isolated tier, IsolatedV2 tier, Iv2 App Service plan, ASE App Service plan, I1v2, I2v2, I3v2
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Shared App Service tier
The Shared App Service tier is a base App Service plan option where apps run on shared Azure virtual machines and receive CPU-minute quotas. It is intended for development and testing, not production workloads that need dedicated compute, autoscale, or predictable performance isolation.
App Service plans
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Aliases: App Service Shared tier, Shared App Service plan, D1 App Service plan, shared compute App Service, App Service D1
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App Service plan scale up
App Service plan scale up is changing an App Service plan to a larger, smaller, or more capable pricing tier so the hosted apps receive different CPU, memory, feature support, and platform limits. Use it to reason about App Service behavior, validate configuration with CLI, and prevent hidden production impact from networking, scaling, recovery, security, or observability changes.
App Service
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App Service SKU
App Service SKU is the pricing tier and size selected for an App Service plan, which determines available compute resources, feature support, scale limits, and billing behavior. Use it to reason about App Service behavior, validate configuration with CLI, and prevent hidden production impact from networking, scaling, recovery, security, or observability changes.
App Service Plans
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App Service worker count
App Service worker count is the number of worker instances allocated to an App Service plan, which determines how many copies of hosted apps run across the plan capacity. Use it to reason about App Service behavior, validate configuration with CLI, and prevent hidden production impact from networking, scaling, recovery, security, or observability changes.
App Service Scaling
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App Service access restriction
App Service access restriction is the rule list that decides which inbound clients are allowed to reach a web app before the request reaches your code.
App Service networking
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Aliases: access restriction, app service access restriction
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App Service custom domain
An App Service custom domain lets people use your real website name instead of the default azurewebsites.net address. You prove that you own the DNS name, point DNS records at the web app, and add the hostname to App Service. The setting is simple on the surface, but production success depends on DNS propagation, ownership verification, TLS certificates, redirects, and whether traffic also passes through Front Door, Traffic Manager, or another edge service. Plan it like a release.
App Service
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Aliases: app service custom domain, custom domain
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App Service managed certificate
An App Service managed certificate is a free certificate that Azure App Service can issue for an eligible custom domain on a web app or function app.
App Service TLS
Intermediate
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Aliases: Azure App Service managed certificate, app service managed certificate
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App Service TLS binding
An App Service TLS binding tells App Service which certificate to use for a custom domain. Without it, your app might be reachable by name but still show browser warnings, serve the wrong certificate, or fail HTTPS checks. The binding connects a hostname, a certificate thumbprint, and a binding type such as SNI. For users, it is the difference between a trusted secure site and a launch that looks broken or unsafe. Treat it as launch-blocking configuration.
App Service Security
intermediate
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Aliases: TLS binding, SSL binding, App Service certificate binding, custom domain HTTPS binding
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Static Web Apps deployment token
A secret used by deployment tooling to publish content to an Azure Static Web Apps resource.
Static Web Apps
intermediate
5 commands
Aliases: static-web-apps-deployment-token, Static Web Apps deployment token, SWA deployment token, Static Web App deployment secret, staticwebapp api key, SWA_CLI_DEPLOYMENT_TOKEN
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AI and Machine Learning
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Azure OpenAI Service
Azure OpenAI Service provides managed access to OpenAI model capabilities through Azure endpoints and enterprise controls.
Generative AI
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Aliases: Azure OpenAI
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Containers
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Azure Kubernetes Service
Azure Kubernetes Service is Azure’s managed Kubernetes service for deploying, scaling, and operating containerized applications while Azure manages much of the cluster control plane.
Managed Kubernetes
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Aliases: AKS, managed Kubernetes
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