Application Delivery and Load Balancing in Microsoft Azure: Practical Solutions with NGINX and Microsoft Azure

This comprehensive guidebook provides a detailed overview of Microsoft Azure's load balancing options, including NGINX, and explains how to design a practical solution for your network.

With expert insights from experienced cloud architects Derek DeJonghe and Arlan Nugara, you will learn how these technologies impact application development and architecture.

The book covers the importance of application delivery and load balancing, Azure's managed load balancing options, running NGINX OSS and Plus on Azure, similarities and complementing features between Azure-managed solutions and NGINX, using Azure Front Door to define, manage, and monitor global routing for web traffic, monitoring application performance using Azure and NGINX tools and plug-ins, and exploring security choices using NGINX and Azure Firewall solutions.

Whether you are a software developer, technical manager, or cloud solution architect, this book will provide you with the knowledge and skills necessary to design and implement a comprehensive load balancing solution for your network.