Can ASP.Net Web Form be run on serverless in Azure ?

Question

User-775831949 posted

I have been a Web Form coder and I have no energy to learn .Net Core again.

One thing I really want to do is to do serverless running on Cloud as I dont want to manage platform anymore on cloud or on-prem...

I have seen Amazon and it allows .net Core only.

So I am thinking Azure now.
any serverless platform the Web Form (ie, .Net Framework instead of .Net Core) can run on cloud ?

Any help would be greatly appreciated... thanks

Answer 1

User409696431 posted

If you are asking if you can move an Asp.Net Webforms application to Azure, yes you can.  ("Cloud" does not mean "serverless".  You'd be using an Azure server.)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/azure/dotnet-howto-migrate-app-service?view=azure-dotnet

If your question was really, "can you run a Webforms app without a server" - no.

Answer 2

User-775831949 posted

Thanks. So on this Azure server, do I still need to install IIS, manage the windows server updates etc on my own ?

What I wish to happen is I just upload the aspx files etc and it can run without me to install/update IIS...

Is this something that can happen ?

Thanks

Answer 3

User475983607 posted

Thanks. So on this Azure server, do I still need to install IIS, manage the windows server updates etc on my own ?

What I wish to happen is I just upload the aspx files etc and it can run without me to install/update IIS...

Is this something that can happen ?

Thanks

ASP.NET app which includes Web Forms will run in Azure.  Your are responsible for creating an account and the initial setup.

See the Azure documentation for details.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/app-service-web-get-started-dotnet-framework

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/azure-web-sites-web-hosting-plans-in-depth-overview

You should be fine as long as your application does not have any specialized or custom features that fall outside the features offered by Azure app services.  

Answer 4

User61956409 posted

Hi hkbeer,

What I wish to happen is I just upload the aspx files etc and it can run without me to install/update IIS...

If you'd like to host your web application on Azure and do not want to setup and manage hosting server updates by yourself, Azure App Service would be a good choice. 

Besides, to compare and choose appropriate option to host your web application on Azure, you can refer to these articles:

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/azure/dotnet-howto-choose-migration?view=azure-dotnet 
• https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/rakkimk/2014/06/06/what-are-your-options-to-host-your-web-application-with-microsoft-azure/ 

With Regards,

Fei Han

Answer 5

User409696431 posted

"What I wish to happen is I just upload the aspx files etc and it can run without me to install/update IIS..."

I'll point out that simply buying a hosting account that supports Asp.Net will solve that problem.

Answer 6

User602988921 posted

Hey, This blog will help you to get solution : https://www.ben-morris.com/comparing-serverless-c-and-net-development-using-azure-functions-and-aws-lambda/