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title: The Azure App Service should be enabled with 'always on'
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# The Azure App Service should be enabled with 'always on'
 
## Description{% #description %}

Azure App Services has 'always on' **enabled** for web apps.

## Rationale{% #rationale %}

Enabling 'always on' will enhance your Azure Apps web apps' availability.

## Remediation{% #remediation %}

### Azure CLI{% #azure-cli %}

1. Get a list of your App Services by running the following in Azure Powershell:

   ```powershell
       az webapp list
   	--query '[*].id'
       
```

1. Check the config of your web apps with the command:

   ```powershell
       az webapp config show
   	--ids "<INSERT_ID>"
   	--query 'alwaysOn'
       
```

1. Enable the web app's 'always on' capability with the command:

   ```powershell
       az webapp config set
   	--ids "<INSERT_ID>"
   	--always-on true
       
```

1. Repeat steps one through three for each server that is not configured correctly.