Deploy a Web API to an Azure Website

This is the final tutorial in a series that teaches the basics of creating a single page application (SPA) with an ASP.NET Web API back end. In this tutorial you deploy the application to an Azure Website.

Create a mobile-friendly REST service using Web API 2 and SQL Database

This tutorial shows how to deploy an ASP.NET web application to Azure App Services that uses ASP.NET Web API by using Visual Studio 2013 or Visual Studio 2013 Express for Web.

Use OWIN to Self-Host Web API 2

By Kanchan Mehrotra|July 9, 2013

This tutorial shows how to host ASP.NET Web API outside of IIS.

Host Web API 2 in an Azure Worker Role

By Mike Wasson|April 2, 2014

This tutorial shows how to host ASP.NET Web API 2 in an Azure Worker Role, using OWIN to self-host the Web API framework.

MVC Deployment Resources

The same deployment tools and procedures that apply to ASP.NET MVC projects also apply to Web API projects. The resources in this list are mainly for ASP.NET web applications in general or MVC in particular, but most of them have deployment information that is relevant to Web API.