App Services / Functions / Container Apps

Platform Selection

Platform	Use Case	Pricing Model	Scalability
App Service	Web apps, APIs	Fixed plan	Manual/Auto
Functions	Event-driven, microservices	Consumption/Premium	Auto
Container Apps	Microservices, containerized apps	Usage-based	Auto (KEDA)

App Service

Create Web App

# Create App Service Plan
New-AzAppServicePlan -Name "MyPlan" `
  -ResourceGroupName "MyRG" `
  -Location "East Asia" `
  -Tier "Standard" `
  -NumberofWorkers 2

# Create Web App
New-AzWebApp -Name "myapp" `
  -ResourceGroupName "MyRG" `
  -Location "East Asia" `
  -AppServicePlan "MyPlan"

Azure Functions

HTTP Trigger Example

[FunctionName("HttpTrigger")]
public static async Task<IActionResult> Run(
    [HttpTrigger(AuthorizationLevel.Function, "get", "post")] HttpRequest req,
    ILogger log)
{
    log.LogInformation("C# HTTP trigger function processed a request.");
    return new OkObjectResult("Hello from Azure Functions!");
}

Container Apps

Deploy Container App

# Create Container Apps environment
az containerapp env create \
  --name myenvironment \
  --resource-group MyRG \
  --location eastasia

# Deploy container app
az containerapp create \
  --name myapp \
  --resource-group MyRG \
  --environment myenvironment \
  --image mcr.microsoft.com/azuredocs/containerapps-helloworld:latest \
  --target-port 80 \
  --ingress external

Next Steps

• Network and Security: VNet integration
• AI/OpenAI: Functions and OpenAI integration