> > A hello world app or an actual app? I’d start with a hello world and go > from there to rule out something in you actual app. >
I forgot to mention I tried both. I generated a Hello app straight out of the VS2019 wizard and deployed it and got the same 500. The problem is so utterly persistent in giving instant 500 responses no matter what I try, that I suspect there is something equally idiotic and utterly wrong. Perhaps my Azure VM running Windows Server 2016 Datacenter edition or it's IIS doesn't support ASP.NET Core, or some whole Windows components are missing, or global configs have been neglected. I'm just making that up, but it's got to be something that crushingly stupid. I have a 2019 server sitting under the desk here, and it gave 500s as well, until I installed both the 3.1 and 5.0 Core SDKs and it was instantly fixed. The same didn't work for my VM. *Greg*
