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Azure application development that stays calm on release day.

Our Azure application development puts each workload on the right Azure compute, wires it into Entra ID and the Microsoft tools you already run, and ships it through infrastructure as code. Then we tune what customers and crawlers actually feel: edge caching on Front Door, deployment slots that swap without errors, and a cost model someone owns.

Plan my Azure build → What's included
  • .NET 10 LTS ready
  • infrastructure as code
  • budgets and alerts from day one
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  • Front Door and WAF at the edge, close to users
  • App Service with deployment slots and autoscale
  • Entra ID sign-in, Key Vault secrets, API Management, Functions and Service Bus
bicep per environmentslots for releasesbudgets + alerts
definition

What is Azure application development?

Azure application development is building, deploying and running software on Microsoft Azure's managed services: App Service, Functions, Container Apps or AKS for compute, Azure SQL or Cosmos DB for data, Entra ID for identity, and Front Door for global delivery. Done well, it means picking the simplest service that fits each workload, defining every environment as code, releasing without downtime and keeping consumption costs visible, so the app is fast for users, reliable for crawlers and predictable for finance.

Best for
Teams already on Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Dynamics or SQL Server
Runtime
.NET 10 LTS, supported until November 2028. Node.js, Python, Java and containers also run here
Deadline
.NET 8 and .NET 9 both reach end of support on November 10, 2026
Ownership
Your subscription, your repositories, your infrastructure code
sound familiar?

Azure is in your stack. Is it working for you?

Choose what applies. We'll bring it to the first architecture conversation.

Tap anything that sounds familiar.

what's included

Azure development services, architecture to alerts.

Application code and the platform under it are built together, so nothing is left for "ops to sort out later".

01

Well-Architected review

Your workloads assessed against Azure's Well-Architected pillars: reliability, security, cost, operations and performance.

02

Infrastructure as code

Bicep or Terraform for every environment, reviewed in pull requests, so prod and staging can't quietly drift apart.

03

The right compute

App Service, Functions, Container Apps or AKS, chosen per workload. Kubernetes only when you need what it gives you.

04

Identity & secrets

Entra ID for staff, External ID for customers, managed identities and Key Vault, so no credentials sit in code or config.

05

Safe releases

CI/CD with deployment slots or blue-green releases. New versions warm up first and swap in without an error window.

06

Edge, monitoring & cost

Front Door and WAF rules, Application Insights, alerting, plus budgets, tags and rightsizing advice for the bill.

visible in search

Azure choices that show up in search.

Infrastructure decisions surface as page speed, uptime and how often Googlebot is willing to crawl. Here's how the details compare.

release day: a maintenance window
DeliveryOne region serves every request, however far away the user isFront Door caches and compresses at the edge, close to users
ReleasesDeploys restart the app, so users and crawlers hit errorsDeployment slots warm up first, then swap with no 5xx window
Bot rulesWAF rules that block crawlers along with the abuseRules that stop abuse but let verified Googlebot and Bingbot through
InfrastructureClicked together in the portal and hard to reproduceBicep or Terraform per environment, reviewed like application code
SecretsConnection strings sitting in config filesManaged identities and Key Vault; nothing secret in the repo
CostOne shared subscription that nobody ownsBudgets, tags and alerts per workload, reviewed on a schedule

Why it matters for search: Google says it lowers its crawl rate when a site slows down or returns server errors.

how it works

Assess, architect, then build.

The architecture and the cost model are agreed before the first resource is created.

  1. 01

    Assess

    Current workloads, compliance requirements, today's spend and your team's skills. What stays, what moves, what's retired.

    → assessment and priorities
  2. 02

    Architect

    Compute, data, identity and network choices for each workload, with a running-cost estimate attached to the design.

    → architecture + cost model
  3. 03

    Build

    Infrastructure code, pipelines and application code developed together, deployed to dev and staging from the first week.

    → working staging environment
  4. 04

    Launch

    Load tests, a slot swap into production, and monitoring and alerts live before real traffic arrives.

    → production + runbook
  5. 05

    Operate

    Cost reviews, patching and runtime upgrades, scaling rules and a roadmap that keeps you on supported versions.

    → scheduled reviews
stack

The Azure services we reach for.

// compute
App ServiceStatic Web AppsFunctionsContainer AppsAKSLogic Apps
// data & messaging
Azure SQLCosmos DBBlob StorageCache for RedisService BusEvent Grid
// identity & edge
Entra IDEntra External IDKey VaultFront DoorWAFAPI Management
// build & observe
.NET 10BicepTerraformGitHub ActionsAzure DevOpsApplication InsightsAzure OpenAI
what drives the cost

What shapes an Azure build and its bill?

Build cost and running cost are separate numbers. These four answers move both.

Workloads

Each app or API needs its own compute, pipeline and monitoring.

Starting point

Moving live systems means migration plans, testing and cutover.

Identity & integration

Customer sign-in and Microsoft integrations add design and security work.

Availability & compliance

Multi-region and audit requirements multiply environments and tests.

keep exploring

Related services.

NET

ASP.NET Core on Azure

.NET web apps and APIs built for the runtime that's supported next year.

Explore → CLD

Multi-cloud options

Cloud-native builds on AWS, Google Cloud or the edge when Azure isn't the fit.

Explore → MOD

Migrate legacy apps

Move apps off VMs or old frameworks in stages, without a big-bang cutover.

Explore → API

APIs behind API Management

Contract-first APIs with quotas, keys and monitoring for partners.

Explore →
faq

Azure development questions.

All three are capable platforms. Azure is usually the best fit when you're invested in Entra ID, Microsoft 365, Dynamics or SQL Server. Beyond that, your team's skills, the specific services you need and existing contracts tend to decide it.
App Service for most web apps and APIs, Functions for event-driven work, Container Apps for containers without managing Kubernetes, AKS when you genuinely need full Kubernetes control, and virtual machines only for lift-and-shift workloads that can't move yet.
Microsoft ends support for both .NET 8 and .NET 9 on that date, which means no more security patches. .NET 10 is the current long-term support release, supported until November 2028. We plan the upgrade, test it in staging and roll it out through deployment slots.
Budgets and alerts, consistent tagging, rightsizing and autoscale limits from the start. Reservations or savings plans for steady workloads, and schedules that shut down dev and test environments out of hours.
Microsoft secures the platform under a shared-responsibility model. Your side is configuration: identity, network isolation, Key Vault, Defender for Cloud and logging. We set those up in the build and document them for your security reviews.
Yes. Linux, Node.js, Python, Java, PHP and any container image run on App Service, Container Apps or AKS.
Build cost depends on scope, the compute model, integrations, compliance and the number of environments. Running cost is separate and consumption-based, which is why we model it alongside the architecture rather than after launch.
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Bring us your Azure plans.

Greenfield app, a VM estate to retire or a .NET upgrade with a deadline: send your site and we'll come back with the questions that matter and a first architecture sketch.

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