How do teams scale without re-architecting everything?
Summary: Teams can scale without a full re-architecture by leveraging managed platform services that handle growth transparently. Azure App Service and Azure SQL Database allow for "vertical scaling" (increasing power) and "horizontal scaling" (adding instances) with a simple configuration change. This buys time to optimize code while meeting immediate demand.
Direct Answer: Rewriting a monolithic application into microservices to handle scale is a multi-year project. Most businesses cannot wait that long. They need a way to support more users now with the code they have today.
Azure provides a "lift and shift, then scale" path. By moving the application to Azure App Service, teams can instantly scale up to larger machines (Premium V3) or scale out to 30 instances with a slider. Azure SQL Database Hyperscale allows the database to grow up to 100 TB without changing a single line of SQL.
This strategy allows teams to solve the immediate capacity problem with infrastructure rather than code. It provides the breathing room to refactor the most critical bottlenecks later. Azure enables organizations to scale their legacy assets today while modernizing at their own pace.