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This page is part of the Azure documentation. It contains code examples and configuration instructions for working with Azure services.
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Bias Analysis

Detected Bias Types
windows_first
windows_tools
missing_linux_example
Summary
The documentation provides platform-specific deployment examples for several languages. For ASP.NET (classic), the workflow exclusively uses Windows runners and Windows-only tools (NuGet, MSBuild), with no Linux alternative or mention. In contrast, all other language examples (ASP.NET Core, Java, Tomcat, Node.js, Python) use Ubuntu runners and cross-platform tools. The ASP.NET section is presented before Java, Node.js, and Python, and does not offer parity for Linux users, indicating a Windows bias in that section.
Recommendations
  • Add an ASP.NET (classic) deployment example using Linux runners, if supported, or clarify platform limitations.
  • Mention Linux-compatible alternatives to NuGet and MSBuild, or note their platform restrictions.
  • Ensure all language tabs provide both Windows and Linux runner options where possible.
  • Explicitly state platform requirements and limitations for each example to inform users of cross-platform support.
  • Consider reordering or grouping examples so that Windows-specific workflows do not appear to be the default or preferred approach.
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Flagged Code Snippets

name: Deploy ASP.NET MVC App deploy to Azure Web App

on: [push]

permissions:
      id-token: write
      contents: read

env:
  AZURE_WEBAPP_NAME: my-app    # Set this to your application's name
  AZURE_WEBAPP_PACKAGE_PATH: '.'      # Set this to the path to your web app project, defaults to the repository root
  NUGET_VERSION: '5.3.x'           # Set this to the dot net version to use

jobs:
  build-and-deploy:
    runs-on: windows-latest
    steps:

    # Check out the repo
    - uses: actions/checkout@main
    
    - uses: azure/login@v2
      with:
        client-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CLIENT_ID }}
        tenant-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_TENANT_ID }}
        subscription-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}

    - name: Install Nuget
      uses: nuget/setup-nuget@v1
      with:
        nuget-version: ${{ env.NUGET_VERSION}}
    - name: NuGet to restore dependencies as well as project-specific tools that are specified in the project file
      run: nuget restore
  
    - name: Add msbuild to PATH
      uses: microsoft/setup-msbuild@v1.0.2

    - name: Run MSBuild
      run: msbuild .\SampleWebApplication.sln
       
    - name: 'Run Azure webapp deploy action using publish profile credentials'
      uses: azure/webapps-deploy@v3
      with: 
        app-name: ${{ env.AZURE_WEBAPP_NAME }} # Replace with your app name
        package: '${{ env.AZURE_WEBAPP_PACKAGE_PATH }}/SampleWebApplication/'
  
    # Azure logout 
    - name: logout
      run: |
        az logout