Azure App Service Offers PaaS Web Applications

• Azure App Service is a PaaS offering that hosts Web-based applications, including Web sites, server back-ends for mobile applications, and API libraries for services.
• It could be an attractive Web hosting option compared to customer-managed servers because of built-in features and managed infrastructure.
• Costs may be hard to predict without a trial period at production load levels.

App Service could simplify processes and enable additional or more optimized functionality compared to traditional self-hosting practices. However, costs could be higher than non-Platform as a Service (PaaS) options in some cases.

PaaS Model for Several Application Types

App Service uses a PaaS model, meaning Microsoft manages and updates hardware and platform software such as the OS, Web server, and programming frameworks. This model relieves customers from this work, reducing internal processes and freeing developer time.

App Service can host the following:

Web Apps, which are Web sites and applications that can be built with popular programming technologies such as ASP.NET, Node.js, PHP, Java, Python, and Ruby.