diff --git a/rubberduckvba.Server/appsettings.Development.json b/rubberduckvba.Server/appsettings.Development.json
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+++ b/rubberduckvba.Server/appsettings.Development.json
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+{
+  "Logging": {
+    "LogLevel": {
+      "Default": "Information",
+      "Microsoft.AspNetCore": "Warning"
+    }
+  },
+  "ConnectionStrings": {
+    "RubberduckDb": "Data Source=(localdb)\\MSSQLLocalDB;Integrated Security=True;Trust Server Certificate=True;",
+    "HangfireDb": "Data Source=(localdb)\\MSSQLLocalDB;Integrated Security=True;Trust Server Certificate=True;"
+  },
+  "AllowedHosts": "*"
+}
diff --git a/rubberduckvba.Server/appsettings.json b/rubberduckvba.Server/appsettings.json
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+/*
+  This file gets created or overwritten upon deployment to either AZ-TEST or AZ-PROD.
+*/
+{
+  "Logging": {
+    "LogLevel": {
+      "Default": "Information",
+      "Microsoft.AspNetCore": "Warning"
+    }
+  },
+  "Hangfire": {
+    "QueuePollIntervalSeconds": 30,
+    "AutoRetryAttempts": 2,
+    "AutoRetryDelaySeconds": [ 2, 5, 10, 30, 60 ],
+    "HeartbeatIntervalMinutes": 1,
+    "CancellationCheckIntervalSeconds": 300,
+    "ConfigureHangfireServerOnStartup": true,
+    "CreateUpdateInstallerDownloadsJob": true,
+    "CreateUpdateXmldocContentJob": true,
+    "UpdateInstallerDownloadsSchedule": "0 0 * * *", // daily
+    "UpdateXmldocContentSchedule": "0 0 31 2 *" // never
+  },
+  "AllowedHosts": "*"
+}