Understanding Azure’s load-balancing and application delivery services
Application delivery and load balancing are two related but distinct concepts in the world of networking and web services. Load balancing refers to the distribution of incoming network traffic across multiple servers or resources in order to improve the overall performance, availability, and scalability of a service.
On the flip side, application delivery pertains to making software applications available to both internal users and external customers. It encompasses a wider range of functionalities beyond load balancing, including securing the application, optimizing application performance, and managing user authentication and access control.
Azure offers various services for load balancing and/or application delivery that we can leverage to distribute incoming network requests across application instances or handle application delivery functionalities. These services include Traffic Manager, Load...
