About this class
Web App Operations & App Service Mastery is an operations-focused course for teams running production web applications on Azure App Service. Learners build practical, end-to-end capability across the full app lifecycle: designing separate Dev/Test/Prod environments, securing apps with Key Vault, certificates, and managed identity, deploying safely with slots, swap/rollback, and blue/green patterns, and operating confidently with monitoring, alerting, analytics, logging, and unified dashboards.
By the end of the course, participants will be able to structure an App Service estate that supports reliable releases and strong security controls, validate changes with low-risk deployment practices, and create a "single pane of glass" view that connects Application Insights, Log Analytics, and Microsoft Entra (identity) logs for faster troubleshooting and better operational decisions.
What you'll be able to do
- Environment Separation (Dev/Test/Prod)
- Secrets, Certificates & Secure Configuration
- Deployment, Slots, Swap, Rollback & Release
- Availability Monitoring & Alerts
- Analytics: Who Uses the Site & How
- Performance Diagnostics
- Logging: Application, Platform & Identity Logs
- Unified Observability & Dashboards
Course outline
Module 1Environment Separation (Dev/Test/Prod)
- Why Separate Environments
- Azure Environment Structure
- What Changes Between Environments
Module 2Secrets, Certificates & Secure Configuration
- Why Secrets Management Matters
- What Azure Key Vault Stores
- Managed Identity
- Key Vault References
- Certificates in App Service
Module 3Deployment, Slots, Swap, Rollback & Release
- Validation
- Deployment Challenges
- Deployment Slots
- Release Validation
- Rollback Strategy
Module 4Availability Monitoring & Alerts
- Why Monitoring Matters
- Availability Tests
- Health Check Endpoint
- Alerts You Should Configure
Module 5Analytics: Who Uses the Site & How
- Understanding User Behavior
- Feature Usage Tracking
- Funnels & User Journeys
Module 6Performance Diagnostics
- Performance Signals
- End - to - End Tracing
- Application Map
Module 7Logging: Application, Platform & Identity Logs
- Logging Layers
- Application Logs
- Platform Logs
- Identity Logs
Module 8Unified Observability & Dashboards
- Why Unified Observability
- Workbooks
- Dashboards
Download the full outline (PDF)
Before you attend
Prior to attending this course, students should have experience covered by Azure Fundamentals
Who this is for
This course is ideal for
- Cloud/DevOps engineers, SREs, platform engineers, and developers responsible
- for deploying and operating web apps on Azure App Service
Run this for a team
Private cohorts run on your dates, at your site or online, with the labs pointed at your environment. Above about four people it usually costs less than buying seats.
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