Azure App Service hosting
Managed hosting where the platform owns the operating system, so the only thing you deploy is the application.
Managed hosting
Chosen per project
Maintainable handover
App Service is the shortest path from a working .NET or Node application to a hosted one. Patching, TLS certificates, scaling rules and a staging slot all come with the platform rather than being assembled.
The trade is control. If your application needs a specific OS package, an unusual runtime or long-lived background processes, a container or a virtual machine will cause less friction than fighting a managed platform.
What we build with Azure App Service
Line-of-business .NET applications moving off an in-house server
Web APIs that need to scale on a schedule or on CPU
Sites needing a staging slot and a zero-downtime swap
Teams already on Microsoft 365 who want one identity and billing story
Where it fits — and where it does not
Good fit when
Standard web applications and APIs
Organisations already invested in Azure and Entra ID
Deployments that benefit from slot-based releases
Consider something else when
Applications needing OS-level installs the platform does not allow
Very long-running background work, better suited to a container or job
A deployment that can be undone
Slot swapping turns a release from an event into a routine.
Build once
One artefact, produced by the pipeline.
Deploy to staging
Same configuration, separate slot.
Verify warm
Smoke tests run before any user sees it.
Swap
Traffic moves instantly; rollback is another swap.
How we work with Azure App Service
Slots, not downtime
Deploy to a staging slot, verify, then swap — so a bad release is a swap back rather than an outage.
Configuration outside code
Settings and secrets in App Configuration and Key Vault, not in the repository.
Scale rules from data
Autoscale thresholds set from observed traffic, with a floor that keeps the app warm.
Private where possible
Databases and storage reached over private endpoints rather than public ones.
Our typical Azure App Service setup
| Concern | What we use |
|---|---|
| Runtimes | .NET, Node.js, PHP, Python, or a container image |
| Releases | Staging slot with swap; pipeline-driven |
| Secrets | Key Vault references, never in app settings in plain text |
| Scaling | Manual, scheduled or metric-based autoscale |
| Networking | VNet integration and private endpoints to data services |
Frequently asked questions
Per hour it often looks similar or dearer. Counting the hours somebody would otherwise spend patching, renewing certificates and building deployment tooling, it is usually cheaper overall.
Yes. Custom domains bind directly, and App Service can issue and renew a managed certificate for free, which removes an annual task.
Moving to containers on Container Apps or AKS is a well-trodden path, particularly if the application is already containerised. Building it that way from the start keeps the option open.
Topics people search for
Services built with Azure App Service
Cloud Solutions
Hosting designed around what your application actually needs, with the monitoring and backups that make it safe to rely on.
Web Application Development
Applications that run in the browser, handle real workloads and hold up when several departments depend on them at once.
Enterprise Software Development
Systems for organisations where several departments, sites and approval chains all have to work from the same data.
Custom Software Development
Software shaped around the way your business already works, instead of a packaged product you have to reorganise around.
Tell us what you are trying to build
Describe the problem in plain language and we will tell you what it would take to solve it — the approach, the moving parts and the sensible order to build them in. No obligation either way.