mising on security. In the past, one would
need to use three Azure services to meet
these requirements: a combination of
Azure Traffic Manager, Content Delivery
Manager (CDN) and Web Application Fire-
wall. Delivering this functionality can now
be simplified by using Azure Front Door
Service, which delivers all those Azure ser-
vices into one unified solution. This pro-
vides a scalable and secure entry point for
fast delivery of your global web
applications.
5. Public IP prefix: Networking and IP
Delivering this
functionality can now
be simplified by using
Azure Front Door
Service, which delivers
all those Azure services
into one unified
solution.
addressing of resources is by far one of the
most challenging aspects that traditional
operational teams have to get used to when either integrating public cloud envi-
ronments with their existing on-premises networks, or using a public cloud envi-
ronment as a stand-alone instance. The specific challenge in question is the
User
HTTP(S)
Azure Front
Door Service
Application
layer security
Path based traffic
load balancing
64 global edge POPs
Active global
traffic routing
Static content
caching
Global Private
WAN
probe
probe
Connection
pooling
Azure Region 1
Azure Region 2
Figure 9: Azure Front Door Services
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