Azure Front Door
Azure Front Door is a global, scalable entry-point that uses the Microsoft global edge network to create fast, secure, and widely scalable web applications. It unifies capabilities traditionally found in content delivery networks (CDN), web application firewalls (WAF), and global load balancers…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 2019
- Category
- technology
- Problem solved
- Azure Front Door was created to simplify the architecture, enhance performance, and improve security for globally distributed web applications. Before AFD, customers had to combine multiple services like Azure Traffic Manager for global DNS routing, Azure CDN for content caching, and potentially Azure Application Gateway or third-party WAFs for security, leading to complex deployments, inconsistent security policies, and fragmented management.
- Platforms
- Microsoft Azure Cloud
Related technologies
Notable users
- E-commerce platforms
- Large enterprises leveraging Azure for global applications
- Media and content streaming services
- SaaS providers requiring global reach and performance
- Microsoft (internal services)