Creating a slot using Resource Explorer

This applies to both Web App and Function Apps.

Creating a slot

• First, create a regular App using the Portal
• Go to https://resources.azure.com/
• Find your site in the tree or using the search box
• In the json for the site, capture the location (e.g. 'North Central US') and the serverFarmId (long ARM resource name).
• Under the site, click on the 'slots' node (you don't have any yet)
• Click on the Create tab
• Set the name to Staging (or whatever you want to call the slot)
• Set both the location and the serverFarmId to the same values that you saw earlier
• Click the PUT button at the top. You're done, you have a slot!

Swapping

• Go to your slot
• Click on the Action tab
• Go down to the slotswap button
• Under targetSlot in the json, type 'production'
• Click the slotswap button