Free ebook on Azure web hosting fundamentals, covering App Service, Virtual Machines, Container Apps, domains, HTTPS, monitoring, and costs.
Free ebook content
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Azure Fundamentals for Web Hosting: Azure account, subscriptions, resource groups, and regions
+ Exercise: You need stronger isolation between production and non-production web hosting environments for billing, quotas, and access control. Which approach best fits this goal?
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Azure Fundamentals for Web Hosting: Networking basics for web apps (DNS, public IPs, ports, and firewalls)
+ Exercise: You are mapping a custom domain to an Azure App Service that provides a platform-managed hostname (for example, myapp.azurewebsites.net). Which DNS record type is typically used to point your www hostname to that Azure hostname?
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Azure Fundamentals for Web Hosting: Choosing between App Service, Virtual Machines, and Container Apps
+ Exercise: A team has a legacy .NET Framework application that requires a COM component installed via a Windows installer and needs specific IIS modules and machine-level configuration. Which Azure hosting option best fits this requirement?
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Azure Fundamentals for Web Hosting: Hosting with Azure App Service (plans, runtimes, deployment slots)
+ Exercise: When using deployment slots for staging and production in Azure App Service, what is the safest way to prevent a staging database connection string from being swapped into production during a slot swap?
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Azure Fundamentals for Web Hosting: Hosting on Azure Virtual Machines (IaaS web server setup and hardening)
+ Exercise: When hardening a public web server hosted on an Azure Virtual Machine, which inbound port strategy best follows the principle of minimizing exposure?
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Azure Fundamentals for Web Hosting: Container Apps for web workloads (images, revisions, and scaling)
+ Exercise: When rolling out a new version of a web API in Azure Container Apps using multiple revisions, which approach best supports a safe canary release and quick rollback?
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Azure Fundamentals for Web Hosting: Custom domains and DNS configuration on Azure
+ Exercise: When mapping a custom domain to an Azure-hosted site, which sequence best reflects the typical workflow to get the hostname serving traffic?
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Azure Fundamentals for Web Hosting: SSL/TLS certificates and HTTPS enforcement
+ Exercise: When bringing your own (BYO) certificate to avoid downtime during renewal, which sequence best matches the recommended approach?
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Azure Fundamentals for Web Hosting: Deployment workflows and release safety
+ Exercise: Which deployment practice best enables a gradual rollout with quick rollback in Azure Container Apps?
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Azure Fundamentals for Web Hosting: Scaling and reliability basics for small-to-medium sites
+ Exercise: When configuring autoscale for a small-to-medium web app, which approach best helps prevent frequent scale-in/scale-out “thrashing”?
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Azure Fundamentals for Web Hosting: Logging and monitoring with Azure Monitor (metrics, logs, alerts)
+ Exercise: When investigating a production incident, which pairing best matches the three-layer observability model (metrics, logs, alerts) to their primary purpose?
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Azure Fundamentals for Web Hosting: Cost-aware design and ongoing cost control on Azure
+ Exercise: Which design choice best keeps monthly Azure web hosting spend predictable when traffic spikes or a misconfiguration causes unexpected scaling?
About the free ebook
Azure Fundamentals for Web Hosting: From App Service to Virtual Machines
This free ebook introduces the Azure services and practical decisions involved in hosting secure, reliable web applications. It is designed for developers, site owners, and IT professionals who need a clear foundation for publishing websites on Microsoft Azure.
Build a practical Azure hosting foundation
Learn how Azure accounts, subscriptions, resource groups, and regions shape the way web resources are organized and managed. Explore essential networking concepts, including DNS, public IP addresses, ports, and firewall rules, so you can understand how users reach an application safely.
Select the right hosting approach
Compare Azure App Service, Azure Virtual Machines, and Azure Container Apps for common web workloads. Understand the trade-offs between managed platform hosting, server-level control, and container-based deployments.
- Configure App Service plans, runtimes, and deployment slots.
- Set up and harden web servers on Azure Virtual Machines.
- Deploy container images, manage revisions, and scale Container Apps.
- Connect custom domains and configure DNS records.
- Enable SSL/TLS certificates and enforce HTTPS.
Deploy with security and reliability in mind
The ebook explains release workflows that reduce deployment risk, along with scaling and reliability basics for small-to-medium websites. It also covers the value of logs, metrics, and alerts in Azure Monitor for identifying performance issues and operational concerns.
Control costs as your site grows
Azure hosting decisions affect both performance and budget. Learn cost-aware design practices, how service plans influence spending, and how ongoing monitoring can help prevent avoidable charges. By the end, you will have a structured view of how to choose, deploy, protect, observe, and manage an Azure-hosted web application.
When should I use Azure App Service instead of a Virtual Machine?
Use App Service for managed web hosting with less server administration; choose a VM when you need full operating system and web server control.
How do custom domains and HTTPS work in Azure web hosting?
You verify domain ownership through DNS records, map the domain to the Azure service, then bind a TLS certificate and enforce HTTPS.
What Azure tools help monitor a hosted website?
Azure Monitor provides metrics, logs, dashboards, and alerts to track availability, performance, errors, and resource usage.
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