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Deploy IronOCR with Azure Functions: Step-by-Step Guide

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Deploying IronOCR to Azure Functions v3 & v4

  • The Golden Rule - In Azure Publishing Config, Deploying Azure Functions from Visual Studio: make sure "Run from package file" is NOT checked. See attached images.
  • Remember that System.Drawing has limited support for image processing on Linux. IronOCR uses its own bundled imaging engine rather than System.Drawing, so target a currently supported runtime such as .NET 8 (LTS) or .NET 10.

Run from package file unchecked

Visual Studio Publish settings

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