Deploy .NET Web API to Azure App Service with Azure DevOps CI/CD Pipeline + Azure SQL

Learn how to deploy a .NET Web API to Azure App Service using Azure DevOps CI/CD Pipelines — step-by-step and beginner friendly.
This video walks you through everything from setting up the Azure SQL Database to configuring build & deploy pipelines, fixing packaging issues, and finally testing your live API on Azure.

This video continues the Azure DevOps tutorial series for deploying a .NET Web API.
In Part 1, we covered creating the Azure DevOps Build Pipeline using Self Hosted Agent step by step.
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In this video (Part 2), we focus on Azure SQL Database setup, deploying the API to Azure App Service, fixing artifact issues, and testing the API live on Azure.

Perfect for students, beginners, and anyone using free tier Azure!

⭐ What We Cover in This Video

🔹 Creating an Azure SQL Database
🔹 Updating the connection string in the project
🔹 Pushing code to Azure Repos Git
🔹 Setting up Azure DevOps Build Pipeline
🔹 Adding Azure App Service Deploy task
🔹 Fixing artifact packaging & publish folder issues
🔹 Successfully deploying to Azure App Service
🔹 Testing deployed API using Postman
🔹 Verifying data in Azure SQL DB
🔹 Working within free tier limitations (Students Subscription / Free App Service)

⏱ Timestamps

00:00 – Introduction
00:25 – Creating Azure SQL Database
02:10 – Updating project connection string
03:00 – Pushing code to Azure Repo
03:45 – Creating Build Pipeline
05:10 – Fixing Publish Folder Issue
06:20 – Adding App Service Deploy Task
07:40 – Running Deployment Pipeline
09:15 – Testing API on Azure
10:10 – Verifying data in SQL Database
11:20 – Test API in Postman
12:30 – Conclusion

📌 Useful For

✔ .NET Developers
✔ Azure DevOps Beginners
✔ Students using Azure Free Tier
✔ Anyone deploying APIs to Azure App Service

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