Azure CDN / Front Door
Microsoft's global CDN and application delivery
Azure Front Door is Microsoft's modern cloud CDN service that delivers high performance, scalability, and secure user experiences. It provides global content delivery, DDoS protection, WAF, and Layer 7 load balancing. Azure CDN Standard is being retired in favor of Azure Front Door.
usage
Preise
Yes
Self-Hostable
Funktionen
- ✓ Global edge network
- ✓ DDoS protection
- ✓ Web Application Firewall (WAF)
- ✓ SSL/TLS termination
- ✓ Dynamic site acceleration
- ✓ Geo-filtering
- ✓ Compression
- ✓ Custom domains
- ✓ Layer 7 load balancing
- ✓ Azure integration
Vorteile
- + Tight Azure ecosystem integration
- + Enterprise-grade security
- + Global Microsoft network
- + Combined CDN + load balancing
- + No minimum commitment
Nachteile
- − No free tier
- − Azure CDN Classic being retired (2027)
- − Complex pricing model
- − Learning curve for configuration