No code .NET modernization with Managed Instance on Azure App Service

About this episode

Scott and Andrew discuss how Managed Instance on Azure App Service enables application modernization without code changes.

In this video, Scott and Andrew walk through how Managed Instance on Azure App Service is purpose built to help customers move and improve their applications to Azure without the need for code changes. The video explores how to remove common migration blockers, from file and registry access, and custom installers, to system commands. The video highlights how Managed Instance on App Service can accelerate migration, gain higher performance, efficient scaling and lower TCO. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 00:20 - Challenges of maintaining and migrating older applications and why they are often stuck on premises or forced into VMs. 01:40 - How Managed Instance on Azure App Service solves the challenges of modernizing older applications to Azure 04:35 - Move and improve an existing application to Managed Instance on App Service and leverage the power and scale of Azure App Service. 06:50 - Deep dive into how Managed Instance on Azure App Service expands on capabilities of App Service Plans 11:51 - Using Azure Bastion to RDP into App Service Plan instances for troubleshooting using familiar tools 14:25 - Using installation scripts to configure settings, install dependencies, and enable…

People in this episode

Host: Scott Hanselman

Guest: Andrew Westgarth

Topics covered

• no code modernization
• Managed Instance
• Azure App Service
• application migration
• performance improvement
• scaling
• TCO reduction

Keywords

• Managed Instance
• Azure App Service
• application migration
• performance
• scaling
• TCO
• migration blockers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Azure App Service, Azure

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