title: Can we RDP / install third-party software to Azure App Service Web App
body: <p>I have read plenty of literature in this context (see links below). The presence of classic vs new Azure management portal, Roles vs App Services, Azure Website vs Azure Web Apps only complicates the matter.
  Although I believe I have good understanding of these terms and the latters are more or less improved re-incarnations of the formers in the above comparisons, the literature is written mostly using the former of these and not necessarily depicts the options available in the new Management portal.</p>
  
  <p>So what I am really looking forward to understand very clearly is:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Can I RDP to Azure App Service Web App underlying compute resource?</li>
  <li>Can I install custom third party software components (e.g. Crystal Reports) to Azure App Service Web App underlying compute resource?</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p><a href="https://www.simple-talk.com/cloud/platform-as-a-service/installing-third-party-software-on-windows-azure-%E2%80%93-what-are-the-options/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Reference 1</a></p>
  
  <p><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/documentation/articles/cloud-services-nodejs-enable-remote-desktop/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Reference 2</a></p>
  
  <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26260505/where-is-azure-service-definition-schema-csdef-file-located-in-windows">Reference 3</a></p>
  
  <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23449900/how-to-rdp-to-my-azure-cloud-service?rq=1">Reference 4</a></p>
  
  <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12516983/download-uploaded-cspkg-file-from-azure">Reference 5</a></p>
  
  <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20733275/is-it-possible-to-connect-do-remote-desktop-with-windows-azure-websites">Reference 6</a></p>