A distinct group of App Service settings, aimed mostly at .NET applications, that reaches the app as environment variables with a prefix. Apps on other stacks usually rely on app settings instead.
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Terms in this definition
- App Service
Managed PaaS hosting for web apps and Web App for Containers, run in a sandbox without OS access. Deployment slots and autoscale start at the Standard tier.
- App protection policy
A set of Intune rules on managed apps that safeguards organisational data, for example by demanding a PIN or preventing copy-paste and save-as into personal apps. It works whether or not the device is enrolled.
- Azure Machine Learning environment
Versioned asset that pairs a Docker image with a pip or conda specification, so every job or deployment using it gets identical dependencies. You point to it by name plus a version number, or by name with @latest.
- App settings
Environment variables injected into an App Service app as name/value pairs, taking precedence over values in appsettings.json or Web.config. Each can be marked as specific to a slot.
Related terms
- @env()
In Data API builder's configuration, this function swaps in the value of an environment variable, or of an entry in a local .env file, as the configuration is loaded, so secrets like connection strings never have to appear in dab-config.json.
- Foundry project endpoint
URL in the form https://<resource>.services.ai.azure.com/api/projects/<project> that is passed when creating an
AIProjectClient. It took over from the connection strings used in early previews. - Machine secrets scanning
Defender for Cloud check, done without agents, that searches VM disk snapshots for secrets in plain text such as tokens, SSH private keys and connection strings. It requires Defender for Servers Plan 2 or Defender CSPM.