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Hitarth17
Jul 15, 2026Occasional Reader
Azure App Service secure hostname
Hey Everyone, I see a new change in app service deployment related to the secure hostname. Is it now mandatory to have a secure hostname, because I don't see the option to toggle between the secu...
Kidd_Ip
Jul 18, 2026MVP
It has not made “secure hostname” mandatory for the default appservicename.azurewebsites.net format. The secure hostname requirement you are seeing is related to TLS/SSL certificate changes and industry compliance updates, not a removal of the standard azurewebsites.net hostname option, azurenamingconventions.com/blog/azure-app-service-function-naming