Using the Azure Load Balancer to direct Traffic
In this session we go over the Azure Load Balancer and some of its features. The Azure Load Balancer lets you balance traffic hitting your internal Azure Virtual Machines. The Azure Load balancer is ideally designed to direct TCP/UDP traffic but in this example it is also configured to balance port 80 and 443 traffic (web traffic).
We explore making it real for an internal Azure virtual network facing Enterprise application.
Note: For HTTP traffic in the real world, an Application Gateway Firewall or Web Application Firewall would likely be a better fit.
Note: The Azure Load Balancer may not be the best fit depending on your application. The Azure Application Gateway maybe a better fit for a web application requiring cookie affinity and it also provides additional features beyond what the basic Azure Load Balancer provides.