Azure DDoS Protection

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Azure DDoS Protection is an Azure service that defends Azure resources against distributed denial-of-service attacks at the network layer, complementing application-layer protection such as Azure Web Application Firewall.

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Documentation	learn.microsoft.com/en-in/azure/ddos-protection/ddos-protection-overview

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Understanding the Three Pillars of DDoS Attacks: Volume, Protocol, and Application Layer
2026-08-27 · Mirko Peters
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Latest update

2026-07-23 In preview Azure Updates

Public Preview: Azure DDoS Protection custom policy

Azure DDoS Protection custom policy

is now in public preview. This capability provides per-resource control over

DDoS mitigation thresholds for protected Standard Load Balancer frontend IP

configurations.

Customers can configure fixed

inbound detection thresholds for TCP, UDP, and TCP SYN traffic. Thresholds can

be set from 50,000 to 2,000,000 packets per second, helping customers account

for predictable or unusual traffic patterns, including planned launches,

seasonal peaks, gaming events, and sustained high-volume workloads.

When a custom threshold is

configured for a protocol, Azure uses that threshold instead of adaptive

auto-tuning…

Preview: July 2026

Summaries of official Microsoft release information, checked daily.

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