4 ms·
You missed the perfect middle ground between serverless and mouse-configuring an IIS VM: Azure App Services. It's the same service function apps are using once
by briHass 2y ago
You missed the perfect middle ground between serverless and mouse-configuring an IIS VM: Azure App Services. It's the same service function apps are using once they advance beyond the trivial function and require longer runtimes or no spinup delay.
App Services takes some getting used to, but it's a locked down Win Server/IIS container with built in FTPS, self-healing healthcheck endpoints, deployment by pointing to a repository, auto-scaling options, and a 99.95 SLA.
A few years back, it was a bit of a dog performance-wise, but the modern CPUs have been no problem for a 2+ vCPU, Premium level SKU. Pricier than a VM, but dealing with security and updates for a webserver VM is a ton of work.
- p_ing 2y agoApp Services can also run as a Linux container, should you not want Windows. But the Windows containers have more features. I stuck with them for quite a number of websites. Significantly cheaper than a VM as you noted just based on maintenance that would otherwise be required.