What is Azure Load Balancer?
Azure Load Balancer is a powerful network load balancing application developed by Microsoft to facilitate the deployment of highly available and scalable applications. It can be used to route and distribute traffic across multiple virtual machines, scale sets, and IP addresses, enabling organizations to lower latency and support intensive data applications
Highlights
- Supports a wide range of protocols, including TCP/UDP-based protocols like HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, and protocols used for real-time voice and video messaging applications
- Offers three versions (Basic, Standard, and Gateway) to cater to the diverse needs of organizations, from small-scale applications to data-driven enterprises
- The Standard version enables data-driven companies to balance traffic and lower latency on their internet and private networks
- The Gateway version can be used for service chaining, such as integrating with a firewall, analytics tools, or inline DDoS protection