Build and Deploy an ASP.NET MVC Application on Azure

The Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern is one of the most widely adopted architectural patterns in web development, separating an application into three interconnected components - Models that represent data and business logic, Views that handle the user interface, and Controllers that process input and coordinate between models and views. ASP.NET Core MVC builds on this pattern with the Razor view engine, model binding, and deep integration with Entity Framework Core for data access.

In this lab, you will create an ASP.NET Core MVC web application using .NET 8, define data models with Entity Framework Core, scaffold controllers and Razor views for full CRUD functionality against a pre-provisioned Azure SQL database, run EF migrations, and deploy the finished application to Azure App Service.

Objectives

Upon completion of this intermediate level lab, you will be able to:

• Create an ASP.NET Core MVC project and define data model classes with Entity Framework Core
• Scaffold controllers and Razor views to implement CRUD operations
• Configure Entity Framework Core to connect to an Azure SQL database
• Run database migrations to create the schema in Azure SQL
• Deploy the ASP.NET Core MVC application to Azure App Service using the Azure CLI

Who is this lab for?

This lab is designed for web developers and cloud engineers learning ASP.NET Core MVC development with Azure deployment. Familiarity with C# basics and the Azure portal is recommended.