Azure Spring Apps Service
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A Azure Spring Apps Service is a PaaS platform that provides a fully managed service for java spring applications without requiring infrastructure management.
- AKA: Azure Spring Cloud.
- Context:
- It can host Spring Boot Applications through automatic deployment and configuration management.
- It can support Spring Framework Integration with azure services for seamless development.
- It can provide Auto-scaling Capability for application instances based on resource demand.
- It can enable High Availability through distributed deployment and failover mechanisms.
- It can integrate with Azure DevOps for continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines.
- It can offer Different Tiers including basic plan, standard plan, and enterprise plan.
- It can implement Standard Consumption Plan and dedicated plan for specialized workloads.
- It can facilitate Spring Developer Productivity by eliminating infrastructure concerns.
- It can connect with Azure Services for enhanced application capabilitys.
- It can range from being a Basic Application Host to being an Enterprise Application Platform, depending on its selected tier.
- It can provide Retirement Notice for service migration to alternative platforms.
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- Examples:
- Azure Spring Apps Versions, such as:
- Azure Spring Cloud (2019), during initial release with basic capabilitys for spring applications.
- Azure Spring Apps (2021), when service rename occurred from azure spring cloud.
- Azure Spring Apps Enterprise (2022), when enterprise tier became generally available with tanzu components.
- Azure Spring Apps (2023), with feature updates in Q4 including enhanced spring cloud gateway.
- Azure Spring Apps (2024), with standard consumption and dedicated plan entering preview retirement.
- Azure Spring Apps (2025), when retirement announcement was made for all service tiers.
- Azure Spring Apps (2028), when complete retirement is scheduled for all remaining tiers.
- Azure Spring Apps Service Tiers, such as:
- Basic Plan, offering core functionality for simple applications.
- Standard Plan, providing enhanced features for production workloads.
- Enterprise Plan, including tanzu components with commercial support.
- Standard Consumption Plan, operating on consumption-based pricing.
- Azure Spring Apps Migration Paths, such as:
- Azure Container Apps Migration, recommended as the primary alternative.
- Azure Kubernetes Service Migration, for enterprise tier users requiring continued spring commercial support.
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- Azure Spring Apps Versions, such as:
- Counter-Examples:
- Azure App Service, which supports multiple languages beyond java spring applications.
- Azure Container Apps, which focuses on container deployment rather than spring specific frameworks.
- AWS Elastic Beanstalk, which is a competing service on amazon cloud platform.
- Google App Engine, which provides similar functionality on google cloud platform.
- Salesforce Platform, which serves as a paas solution for different technology stacks.
- See: Platform as a Service, Java Application Hosting, Spring Framework, Azure Cloud Platform, Managed Application Service, Cloud Hosting Solution.