Load Balancing in Microsoft Azure
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Whether you are looking to rapidly prototype a new cloud service or build a global business, Virtual LoadMaster for Azure provides the performance, scalability and security to give your users and customers a positive application experience.Enterprise IT organizations use Azure to be up and running quickly with scalable, cost-effective solutions that work with their existing investments.
Virtual LoadMaster for Azure delivers full L4-7 load balancing and application delivery services. Intelligent global traffic distribution capabilities support hybrid deployments between Azure and private cloud environments for continuous application performance across cloud boundaries.
The LoadMaster advantage in Azure
See how LoadMaster compares to Azure native load balancer capabilities
| Features | Azure Load Balancer | Azure Application Gateway | LoadMaster for Azure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic and Standard Tier VM support | |||
| Network Level L4 load balancing | |||
| Multiple application access with single IP | Limited | ||
| Pre-configured application templates | |||
| Web User Interface for ease of management | Limited | Limited | |
| High Availability & Clustering | Limited | ||
| Web Application Firewall | Limited | ||
| Hybrid Traffic Distribution | |||
| Scheduling methods | Round Robin Only | Round Robin | Multiple |
| Server Persistance | IP Address | IP Address Cookies | Multiple |
| SSL Termination/Offload | |||
| Content Caching/Compression | |||
| Least Connection Scheduling | |||
| Server Name Indicator (SNI) | |||
| VM Availability Awareness | |||
| Two Factor Authentication | |||
| Health Check Aggregation | |||
| Single Sign On | |||
| SmartCard(CAC) / X.509 Certificate Authentication | |||
| LDAP Authentication | |||
| Radius Authentication | |||
| Kerberos Constrained Delegation | |||
| AD group based traffic steering | |||
| Header content switching | Limited | ||
| Header manipulation | |||
| Content Rewriting | |||
| Adaptive scheduling | |||
| OCSP Certificate Validation | |||
| SAML Authentication | |||
| HTTP/2 Support | |||
| Reverse Proxy |
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