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On the recordRead 7 Oct 202615 facts
Azure Front Door
Plans and prices
Standard
$35a month
Global layer-7 load balancing · CDN caching and acceleration · Custom domains and managed TLS · Rules engine
Read 24 Sep 2026 · azure.microsoft.com
Premium
$330a month
All Standard capabilities · Web Application Firewall with managed rules · Private Link origin connectivity · Advanced security and reporting
Read 24 Sep 2026 · azure.microsoft.com
Azure Front Door Standard
$35usage-based
Static and dynamic content acceleration · global load balancing · SSL offload · domain and certificate management
Read 7 Oct 2026 · azure.microsoft.com
Azure Front Door Premium
$330usage-based
Includes Standard capabilities · WAF and Private Link included · bot protection · Microsoft Threat Intelligence integration
Read 7 Oct 2026 · azure.microsoft.com
On the record
- Availability
- Standard, Premium, and Classic tiers are available in Microsoft Azure Commercial and Azure Government (US).learn.microsoft.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Content delivery
- It accelerates static and dynamic content from cloud or on-premises infrastructure over Microsoft's private global network.azure.microsoft.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Deployment tools
- Deployment can use language SDKs, Bicep, Azure Resource Manager templates, Azure CLI, and PowerShell.learn.microsoft.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Image optimization
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- Integrations
- Microsoft lists integrations with Azure DNS and Azure Web Apps, and its documentation also names Azure Storage, Azure Monitor, Azure Policy, and Azure Advisor.learn.microsoft.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Microsoft describes it for internet-facing applications, global consumer and enterprise apps, and teams delivering content, files, applications, or APIs.learn.microsoft.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Monitoring
- The service offers real-time traffic and security analytics for monitoring and troubleshooting.azure.microsoft.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Pricing model
- Standard and Premium have hourly billed base fees plus usage-based data transfer and request charges; data transfer from an Azure datacenter origin to Front Door's edge is free.azure.microsoft.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Protocols
- Azure Front Door supports HTTP, HTTPS, and HTTP/2.azure.microsoft.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Azure Front Door is a cloud CDN service for delivering content and applications with high performance, scalability, and secure user experiences.azure.microsoft.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Security
- Security capabilities include a web application firewall, bot protection, DDoS protection, and Azure Private Link support for private origin access.azure.microsoft.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Shared service
- Azure Front Door is a globally distributed multitenant service with shared infrastructure and profile-specific configuration.azure.microsoft.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Paid from
- 35azure.microsoft.com · read 24 Sep 2026
- Traffic management
- It provides global HTTP load balancing and failover, plus a customizable rules engine for routing.azure.microsoft.com · read 7 Oct 2026
