ci: enhance Azure deployment validation and enforce hosting model

[Harmanpreet-Microsoft]

Purpose

This pull request enhances the CI/CD workflow for Azure deployments by improving deployment validation and configuration. The main improvements include adding automated checks to verify that deployed applications are running correctly (not just serving the default Azure page), setting the App Service hosting model explicitly, and providing clearer CI output.

Deployment verification and validation:

• Added a new "Verify Deployment URLs" step to the GitHub Actions workflow (.github/workflows/ci.yml) that waits for services to stabilize, checks the frontend and admin URLs for availability, and ensures the deployed applications are not serving the default Azure page. If the default page is detected, the workflow fails, indicating a deployment issue.

Configuration improvements:

• Explicitly set the AZURE_APP_SERVICE_HOSTING_MODEL environment variable to code in both the workflow (.github/workflows/ci.yml) and the deployment Makefile (Makefile). This ensures the correct hosting model is used during deployments. [1] [2]

CI process clarity:

• Updated the CI workflow to print clear section headers for running tests and deployments, making CI output easier to follow.* ...

Does this introduce a breaking change?

• Yes
• No

How to Test

• Get the code

git clone [repo-address]
cd [repo-name]
git checkout [branch-name]
npm install

• Test the code

What to Check

Verify that the following are valid

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