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Learn Microsoft Azure

By : Mohamed Waly
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Learn Microsoft Azure

By: Mohamed Waly

Overview of this book

Azure is one of the leading public cloud service providers. Thanks to a number of Azure service updates, it continues to make advances in the realm of cloud computing. Learn Microsoft Azure starts with the fundamentals of cloud computing. You will learn to configure and set up the Azure infrastructure. As you make your way through the book, you'll explore Azure services, along with working on virtual memory systems (VMS) and deployment models. You will understand various services in the Azure ecosystem, such as Azure IoT and Azure Analytics, among others. An easy-to-follow introduction to various cloud design patterns will also add to your efficiency in designing cloud solutions. In the concluding chapters, you'll secure your virtual networks using Network security groups and configure Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) to set a custom domain name and company profile. By the end of this book, you will have learned to secure and troubleshoot your Azure cloud environment and be fully aware of best practices for Azure cloud administration.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)

Azure App Service scalability

In this section, I'll be discussing the scalability options for Azure App Service. Using these scalability solutions will help you to have a highly available application.

There are two types of supported scalability:

  • Scaleup: Here, you increase the size of the resources on which the web app operates. For example, memory, CPU, and disk space.
  • Scaleout: Here, you increase the number of instances on which the apps operate. For example, if you are facing a high load over the instance on which the web app operates, another one will be created to load balance with it.

Scaling up

When you notice that your application is consuming too many of the App Service plan's resources, you can scale...