Azure Application Gateway

Product

Layer 7 web traffic load balancer in Azure that understands HTTP and HTTPS, routes requests by web rules and can handle TLS termination before traffic reaches back-end servers.

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Type	Product
Documentation	learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/overview

Key points about Azure Application Gateway

Azure Application Gateway is a web traffic load balancer that reads the request it delivers, unlike most load balancers. · Azure Application Gateway - Simply Explained
A private Azure Application Gateway used to need a public IP and outbound Internet to reach Microsoft's control plane. · Run Azure Application Gateway Without Public…

Episodes about Azure Application Gateway

Azure DDoS Protection - Simply Explained

2026-07-17 · Video on YouTube

Azure DDoS Protection is Microsoft's managed service for defending applications and services against Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. It automatically detects and mitigates malicious traffic designed to overwhelm your infrastructure, helping keep…

Azure Traffic Manager - Simply Explained

2026-07-17 · Video on YouTube

Azure Traffic Manager is Microsoft's DNS-based global traffic routing service that directs users to the best available application endpoint based on performance, geography, priority, or other routing rules. Instead of routing traffic itself, Traffic Manager…

Azure Application Gateway - Simply Explained

2026-10-26 · Video on YouTube

Learn how Azure Application Gateway handles Layer 7 load balancing, SSL termination, WAF security, routing rules, and autoscaling in plain English. Most load balancers never read the request they're delivering. Azure Application Gateway does, and that single…

Run Azure Application Gateway Without Public IP Exposure

2025-11-03 · Video on YouTube

For years, a “private” Azure Application Gateway still needed a public IP and outbound Internet just to talk to Microsoft’s control plane. Management (control plane) and user traffic (data plane) shared the same door—an architectural contradiction that forced…

Timeline of episodes about Azure Application Gateway

Articles about Azure Application Gateway (2)

Azure Application Gateway vs Load Balancer vs Front Door: Choosing the Right Tool
2026-10-26 · Mirko Peters
Compare Azure Application Gateway, Load Balancer, and Front Door. Learn when to use Layer 4 vs Layer 7 routing for your cloud architecture.
Securing Your Cloud: Why Network Isolation Matters for Azure Application Gateway
2026-08-28 · Mirko Peters
Welcome back to the podcast blog! If you have been following our recent audio episodes, you know we love diving deep into cloud security, architecture, and practica…

Frequently asked questions

What is Azure Application Gateway?

It is a web traffic load balancer that reads each request, looking at the URL path and website name before deciding where to send it. · From the episode: Azure Application Gateway - Simply Explained

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Documentation: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/overview
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M365.FM episodes on this topic: 4
Articles on this topic: 2

Maintained by Mirko Peters (Microsoft MVP) · Last updated: 2026-11-03