Azure: Moving an App Service to another existing App Service Plan

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I'm attempting to move an App Service from one service plan to another. When I use the portal to do so, the other App Service plan is not displaying.

Both App Services are in the same Location and Resource Group. The two App Services Plans are in the same location and have the same pricing tier.

I use the "Change App Service Plan" option for the web app. The only App Service Plan that is displayed is the current one. There is also a "Create New" option.

So, in summary: 1) Why is the other App Service Plan not able to be selected. 2) How can I move the App Service (Web App) to the other App Service Plan.

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Is the pricing tier the same between the two app service plans? – Rick Rainey
Does the answer help you? – juvchan
@RickRainey Yes, as stated in the question, the two plans are the same pricing tier. – Stephanie J.
I have just tested this, and it does appear to work with a Service plan in the same Resource Group. Pricing tier makes no difference either (I could move from Standard to Shared and back again) Try creating two new plans and see if it works as a basic test. It might give some pointers – Michael B

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The reason why you are not able to see the other App Service Plan when you try to change the App Service Plan is due to current limitations in moving the Azure web app resources.

The other App Service Plan which you intend to move your Web Apps to is in another resource group with existing Azure Web Apps, which is not supported currently

Azure Web Apps current move limitations updated 01/04/2016

Hope this answer your question.

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Not sure if it is something recent, but it seems it is finally possible. The option is in the main resource menu as "Change App Service plan". See:

Change Azure App service plan

I was able to move an app service(website) and also its deployment slot to a different plan (with same parameters and location - but did not try if this is a requirement).

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Yes, we can now move the App Service Plan using the Change App Service Plan.

But sometime you will get No App Service Plan Found as this is the known restriction for the moving App Service plan.

Restrictions

  • We can move the App service plan only if the new plan is in the same resource group and geographical location.- These two conditions is is to ensure the new plan is in same webspace

Azure deploys each new App Service plan into a deployment unit, internally called a webspace. Each region can have many webspaces, but your app can only move between plans that are created in the same webspace. An App Service Environment is an isolated webspace, so apps can be moved between plans in the same App Service Environment, but not between plans in different App Service Environments.

You can’t specify the webspace you want when creating a plan, but it’s possible to ensure that a plan is created in the same webspace as an existing plan. In brief, all plans created with the same resource group and region combination are deployed into the same webspace. For example, if you created a plan in resource group A and region B, then any plan you subsequently create in resource group A and region B is deployed into the same webspace. Note that plans can’t move webspaces after they’re created, so you can’t move a plan into “the same webspace” as another plan by moving it to another resource group.

You can find this in the official doc here and here

You can also refer this SO

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You can configure a backup and restore on the new App Service under the new APp Service Plan.

Backup an app: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/manage-backup#:~:text=The%20Backup%20and%20Restore%20feature,or%20restoring%20to%20another%20app.

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Put your code in DevOps and deploy it to the new service plan and point DNS.