Simple container-based web apps and services don’t need Kubernetes to run on Azure.

Two cloud development services -- Azure Functions and Azure App Service -- are now available on Azure Stack, which brings cloud functionality to on-premises, hybrid implementations.

Figure 1. The new Azure Web and mobile app services offer scalable Web, device, logic, and API app back ends. The API Management and Notification services in this category are not new. Azure SQL ...

Until Microsoft adds a native command that easily connects virtual directories to Azure Web apps, we're going to have to do it ourselves.