Last week, I shared how to build long-running AI agents on Azure App Service with Microsoft Agent Framework. If you haven't seen that post yet, I would recommend starting there as this post builds on...

  AI Toolkit VS Code extension is a great place for developers to experiment, prototype, and learn about AI workflows. Developers exploring AI often start in "Model Playground" — experimenting with...

Sidecars on Azure App Service let you run helper containers (telemetry, OTEL/monitoring agents, lightweight APIs, caches, AI helpers) alongside your main app—same app, shared lifecycle, localhost net...

We’re updating the OS foundation for new code-based stacks on Azure App Service for Linux. Every new major version of our supported stacks will target Ubuntu going forward - this includes the new ver...

If you’ve been waiting to run Python 3.14 in on Azure App Service - it’s here. Azure App Service for Linux now offers Python 3.14 as a first-class runtime. You can create a new 3.14 app through the A...

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America is back - this time in Atlanta, Georgia, and the excitement is real. Whether you’re a developer, operator, architect, or just Kubernetes-curious, Microsoft Azur...

With Azure Chaos Studio and Azure Load Testing, you can simulate both — run a controlled load test while injecting faults into your application or infrastructure to understand how it behaves under st...

UPDATE 10/22/2025: An alternative implementation of this sample app has been added to this blog post. The alternate version uses a WebJob for background processing instead of an in-process hosted...