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What are Azure Static Web Apps?

Published Fri Feb 04 2022

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Azure Static Web Apps allows publication of a static web site directly through GitHub. During the configuration of a new Static Web App, you will connect (securely) your GitHub repository directly through to the Static Web App. This will create a GitHub Action that will publish your site to Azure every time there is a check-in to Git.

Here are some highlights of what Static Web Apps can do from Microsoft's documentation Web Apps Overview:

1. Web hosting for static content
2. Integrated support for Azure functions
3. GitHub and Azure DevOps integration
4. Free SSL certificates
5. Custom domains
6. Backend routing rules
7. Ability to publish to staging environment for preview

As long as your website is a Single Page Application or a Static Site, Static Web Apps can bring a lot of performance and flexibility to your website without having to manage servers.

And the best part? It is Free for hobby or personal project sites and only $9/month for production applications.

Interested? Here are links to more information:

Azure Static Web Apps documentation homepage:

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/static-web-apps/

Azure Static Web Apps pricing:

• https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/app-service/static/

API Support in Azure Static Web Apps with Azure Functions:

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/static-web-apps/apis

Azure Static Web Apps Enterprise-Edge for even more performance through Azure Front Door

• https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/accelerate-your-websites-with-azure-static-web-apps-enterpriseedge/

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