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- Programmable L7 Load Balancing
- Global Server Load Balancing
- DNS Delivery
- Policy Enforcement
- Application Security
- Web Application Firewall
- Identity and Access Management
- SSL Orchestration
- Infrastructure Security
- L4 Firewall
- Anti-DDoS
- Automation, Management, and Visibility
- Automation Toolchain
- Container Ingress Services
- BIG-IQ Centralized Management
- Beacon Visibility and Analytics
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- DNS Cloud Service
- DNS Load Balancer Cloud Service
- Essential App Protect Service
- Cloud Software
- BIG-IP Cloud Edition
- BIG-IP Virtual Edition
- NGINX Plus
- NGINX OSS
- NGINX Unit
- Hardware
- BIG-IP iSeries Appliances
- BIG-IP VIPRION Chassis and Blades
- Managed Services
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F5 on Microsoft Azure
Secure, optimized apps and app access
When you take business-critical apps to the Azure public cloud, look to F5 application services for industry-leading security, performance, and availability solutions. The integration of F5 and Azure Active Directory ensures seamless, trusted access to all applications.
WHY F5 APP SERVICES ON AZURE?
Whether you want to deploy F5 application services in front of individual or multiple apps, you can:
- Simplify application migration to Azure.
- Secure Azure workloads against even the most sophisticated threats.
- Ensure simplified, trusted access to any application, including on-premises apps, through Azure Active Directory.
- Automate app delivery within highly agile container environments.
- Gain visibility and detailed analytics for your Azure apps from one central location.
- Implement multi-cloud service consistency across your entire application portfolio.
RELEVANT READING
Use Case: Simplifying Centralized Access Configuration for Classic and Custom Applications
F5 Access Policy Manager and Microsoft Azure Active Directory
BIG-IP and Azure: Application Services in the Cloud
Overview: F5 App Services in Azure and Azure Stack
Hybrid Cloud Realized: F5, Azure, and Azure Stack
F5 WAF for Azure Security Center
Top customer outcomes on Azure
APP PROTECTION
CHALLENGE
Web applications need to be protected from SQL injections, L7 DoS attacks, and unknown security threats to be compliant.
SOLUTION
F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition and F5 Advanced WAF.
OUTCOMES
- Easily integrates with Azure for a simple deployment experience
- Customizable security settings with F5’s unique policy builder engine
- Comprehensive application and security compliance
- Consistent policy management across applications and cloud environments
- Integration with Azure Security Center and Azure Sentinel for additional monitoring, reporting, and visualization
ACCESS AND IDENTITY
CHALLENGE
Difficulty authenticating, securing and controlling user access to applications across devices and environments
SOLUTION
F5 Access Policy Manager (APM) simplifies and enforces trusted access to all applications, including cloud (IaaS), SaaS, or on-premises (legacy) apps
OUTCOMES
- Bridge the identity gap between cloud-based (IaaS), SaaS, and on-premises applications with F5 APM and Azure Active Directory.
- Streamline access to your entire app portfolio with single sign-on (SSO).
- Simplify management of cloud-based access to mission-critical, on-premise (legacy), and custom applications.
- Enforce and centralize secure, modern authentication policies, including multi-factor authentication (MFA), for all apps, wherever they reside.
- Enhance your access security and user experience with identity aware proxy (IAP).
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APP AVAILABILITY
CHALLENGE
Need better application uptime and resiliency while improving control and flexibility.
SOLUTION
BIG-IP LTM and BIG-IP DNS provide local and global server load balancing, SSL offload and intercept, DNS services, and performance optimization.
OUTCOMES
- Deliver customer SLAs and enable business continuity.
- Monitor and dynamically respond to issues.
- Protect applications and user identities through DNS services and advanced traffic management.
- Enable the use of F5 in the automated toolchain without writing code or managing a server.
- Auto-scaling services match requirements as app usage fluctuates, while optimizing operating costs.
CUSTOMER STORY
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