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Azure Container Apps

Run modern apps and microservices using serverless containers.
Build and deploy cloud-native apps at scale on a serverless compute platform.
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OVERVIEW

Fully managed serverless container platform

  • Achieve high developer velocity and deploy apps from code or containers without configuring or managing complex infrastructure.
  • Design resilient, portable microservices and build heterogeneous modern apps with unified centralized networking, observability, dynamic scaling, and configuration.
  • Securely run code in a sandbox that is preinstalled with popular libraries. This is ideal for running untrusted code, such as code provided by users of your application or code generated by a large language model (LLM).
  • Run custom models for serverless inferencing with serverless GPUs that scale to zero for cost-efficiency with pay-per-second billing.
FEATURES AND USE CASES

Simplify app development

Scale apps on demand 

Improve production velocity and lower management costs on a scalable, portable platform with flexible hosting options.

Open-source foundation and add-ons

Get greater extensibility, built-in support for Distributed Apps Runtime (Dapr) and Kubernetes Event-driven Autoscaling (KEDA), and full app lifecycle management.

Advanced networking

Build apps using a flexible network architecture with VNet support and fine-grained ingress and egress controls.

Enhanced security and governance

Monitor container governance at scale using advanced identity and access management.

Deploy anywhere

Host apps on your infrastructure of choice from the cloud to the edge with Azure Arc.
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Security

Built-in security and compliance 

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Pricing

Flexible pricing options to fit your needs

 

  • Get started with the free tier: The first 180,000 vCPU per second, 360,000 GiB/s, and 2 million requests each month are free.
  • Consumption plan: Pay for what you use on a per-second basis, beyond the free allocation.
  • Dedicated plan: Benefit from a single tenancy guarantee, access to specialized hardware, and more predictable pricing.
  • Savings plan: Save money by committing to spend a fixed hourly amount for one or three years.
  • Flexible options to deploy to serverless GPUs for custom AI-model inferencing.

 

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“…[T]he end result is a containerized app that is deployed as an Azure Container App which can scale up to hundreds of instances or all the way down to zero. The cost savings are unparalleled.”
Bryan Batchelder, VP of Product, Datex
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“Container Apps was very useful when we implemented the microservice architecture using Java.“
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“We are building a data-driven culture around the world-class problems that Jacobs undertakes for our clients. “
Alex Mahrou, Director of Emerging Technology and Platforms, Jacobs Solutions Inc.
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RESOURCES

How to get started

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Quickstart

Launch your first Java application in Azure Container Apps

Learn how to create and deploy a sample Java application directly from a Java Archive (JAR) file or web application archive (WAR) file.
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Tutorial

Deploy cloud-native apps using Azure Container Apps

Learn how to build, deploy, scale, and manage cloud-native apps using Azure Container Apps.
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Explore learning paths

Dive into Azure Container Apps concepts with hands-on learning opportunities.
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Quickstart

Deploy your first container app

Create and deploy your first container app using the “az containerapp up” command.
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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

  • Azure Container Apps is a serverless platform that allows you to maintain less infrastructure and save costs while running containerized applications. Instead of worrying about server configuration, container orchestration, and deployment details, Container Apps provides all the up-to-date server resources required to keep your applications stable and secure.

  • Common uses of Azure Container Apps include:

    • Deploying API endpoints
    • Hosting background processing jobs
    • Handling event-driven processing
    • Running microservices

     

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  • Yes, this is the default configuration. When the minimum instances setting is zero, you'll pay only when your app is active in response to events and/or requests.
  • Yes. The first 180,000 vCPU per second, 360,000 GiB/s, and 2 million requests each month are free. Beyond that, you'll pay for what you use based on the number of vCPU per second and Gbps your applications consume.
  • Active usage occurs while your container is starting or while there is at least one request being processed by the application. By default, applications scale to zero. You can also configure Azure Container Apps with a minimum number of instances to always run in idle mode. Idle usage is charged at a reduced rate when the application isn't processing any requests.
  • Azure Functions provides integrated support for developing, deploying, and managing containerized function apps on Azure Container Apps.
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