Azure App Service tips: Enable the Health-Check capabilities

This article provides a practical tip on using the built-in Health Check feature in Azure App Service to enhance application reliability. It explains how faulty instances can be automatically detected and removed by the load balancer after a configurable period, ensuring only healthy instances serve requests. The scenario describes a typical setup with multiple instances and scaling, highlighting how intermittent faults can impact high-availability in production. The author contrasts this with external solutions like Traffic Manager, emphasizing the simplicity and integration of the native health check. Configuration via Azure portal is mentioned, making it a useful guide for developers and IT professionals managing Azure-hosted applications.