Does your cloud-native application infrastructure require highly flexible customization of load balancing and application delivery services to implement advanced scenarios and use cases that are hard to achieve with built-in cloud tools? F5 NGINXaaS for Azure unlocks flexible scaling, advanced programmability, streamlined automation, and robust protection within Azure – all without an operational toil. It provides a secure, highly customizable, and fully managed SaaS load balancer and application delivery controller (ADC) solution designed to meet the growing needs of organization’s cloud-native applications in Microsoft Azure.

Co-developed by F5 and Microsoft and natively integrated with Azure’s interface and core services, F5 NGINXaaS provides robust application delivery services that enhance application performance, availability, security, and observability at scale.

Features and benefits

By combining F5’s industry-leading application delivery expertise with the flexibility and scalability of Azure, F5 NGINXaaS bridges the gap between general-purpose ADC as a Service (ADCaaS) capabilities and advanced, highly unique application requirements:

Scalable performance: Improve user experiences, uptime, and SLAs with adaptive load balancing, optimized traffic distribution, and advanced connectivity patterns.
Flexible customization: Tailor load balancer policies and rules to unique workload requirements with advanced configuration control and rich programmability.
Detailed visibility: Simplify troubleshooting and monitor trends with real-time and historical data from more than 200 granular metrics.
Holistic security: Protect applications and APIs with integrated authentication, authorization, role-based access control, encryption, and Web Application Firewall (WAF).
Technology consolidation: Reduce complexity and tool sprawl with Layer 4 and Layer 7 load balancer and integrated WAF security in a unified deployment.
Azure integration: Ensure smooth and consistent app delivery and security experience across the entire Azure ecosystem.

Scenarios and use cases

F5 NGINXaaS for Azure empowers organizations to effortlessly optimize, scale, and secure applications in medium- to large-scale Azure cloud environments:

High-Traffic Cloud-Native Apps: Handle massive user demand and request spikes with scalable load balancing algorithms that ensure application uptime and reliable performance in dynamic Azure environments.
Distributed Kubernetes-based Applications: Optimize AKS single- and multi-cluster deployments for high performance and seamless user experience with distributed dynamic load balancing, failover, and disaster recovery capabilities.
API Communications: Gain complete control over API traffic with advanced programmability and integrated API security.

Ready to get started?

Kickstart your journey with these helpful resources:

Getting Started: Get up and running quickly with our step-by-step Getting Started Guide. For in-depth hands-on experience, we’ve curated a set of lab exercises to walk you through the most common scenarios and use cases.
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F5 NGINXaaS – SaaS Load Balancer and ADC – Azure Native ISV ServiceF5, Inc.4.3(27 ratings)

F5 NGINXaaS – SaaS Load Balancer and ADC – Azure Native ISV Service

F5, Inc.

F5 NGINXaaS – SaaS Load Balancer and ADC – Azure Native ISV Service

F5, Inc.

F5 NGINXaaS – SaaS Load Balancer and ADC – Azure Native ISV Service
F5, Inc.
4.3(27 ratings)