AZ-900 Certification Notes

Chapter 4.3 - App Services

App Services are a fully managed platform. The servers, networks, and storage are all handled and managed by Azure. The only thing you have to do is focus on business value and logic.

• App Services
  • Web Apps
    • Website and online applications hosted on Azure's managed platform
      • Runs on 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
      • Auto-scaling and load balancing
  • Web Apps for Containers
    • Deploy and run containerized 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
      • Application Programming Interface
      • No graphical component. No user interface
      • Connect other application programmatically
      • Use a range of programming languages

Exam Tips

App services is an easy way to host and manage your web applications.

• App services are a PaaS offering on Azure
• Web Apps are used to host web sites and web applications
• Web Apps for Containers can host your existing container images
• API Apps can host your data backend services