Faster .NET on Azure App Service: The Hard Lessons I Paid For

Azure App Service remains the best platform for deploying and scaling .NET applications. It's fully managed, loaded with features, and ready for production use without heavy lifting. But just because your app is running doesn't mean it's optimized. In this session, we'll deploy a .NET 10 application to Azure App Service, establish a performance baseline, and then walk through real-world optimization techniques. You’ll learn how to configure App Service Plans (Windows vs Linux), fine-tune key settings, scale intelligently, and optimize where it makes sense. We'll also explore how to spot and solve performance issues using tools like Application Insights, Azure Metrics, and diagnostic logging. In other words, you can easily learn from all the mistakes I've made over the years of seeing .NET applications crash and burn in Azure.