App Service

Azure App Service is an HTTP-based service.
Enables you to build and host many types of web-based solutions without managing infrastructure.
E.g. you can host web apps, mobile back-ends, and RESTful APIs in several supported programming languages.
Supports different frameworks such as .NET, .NET Core, Java, Ruby, Node.js, PHP, Python..
Can scale on both both Windows and Linux-based environments.

Mobile apps

Allows developers to create mobile backend as a service (MBaaS)
Features include
- Autoscaling
- Offline data synchronization
- Broadcasting push notifications
- Integration with identity providers including Azure Active Directory, Google, Twitter, Facebook, and Microsoft

Online store that hosts applications that are certified and optimized to run in Azure.
Many types of applications are available, e.g. AI / web applications.
Deployments from the store are done via the Azure portal using a wizard-style user interface.
- Makes evaluating different solutions easy.

Categories

Category	Description
Dev / Test	Ideal for less demanding workloads. Focused on providing shared infrastructure. Additional features include custom domains / SSL and manual scale.
Production	Ideal for more demanding workloads. Additional features include staging slots, daily backups, and a traffic manager.
Isolated	Ideal for workloads that require advanced networking and fine-grained scaling.

Open the Azure portal
From the left-hand navigation menu (may need to click on menu icon), select Dashboard
Select the App Service with the name you chose it in the previous exercise.
Under Settings you see many configurable settings
Select Scale up (App service plan).