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Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN)

A global CDN solution for delivering high-bandwidth content.

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Overview

Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN) is a global CDN solution for delivering high-bandwidth content. It can be hosted in Azure or any other location. With Azure CDN, you can cache static objects loaded from Azure Blob storage, a web application, or any publicly accessible web server, by using the closest point of presence (POP) server. Azure CDN can also accelerate dynamic content, which cannot be cached, by leveraging various network optimizations.

✨ Key Features

  • Global presence with points of presence (POPs) worldwide
  • Caching of static assets to reduce latency
  • Dynamic site acceleration (DSA) for non-cacheable content
  • Custom domain support with HTTPS
  • Geo-filtering to restrict content in specific countries/regions
  • Integration with Azure services like Storage, App Service, and Media Services

🎯 Key Differentiators

  • Choice of providers (Microsoft, Edgio) allows for feature and performance flexibility
  • Tight integration with other Azure services for seamless content origin
  • Pay-as-you-go pricing integrated with Azure billing

Unique Value: Improves application performance and user experience by delivering content from a server closest to the user, while reducing load on the origin server.

🎯 Use Cases (5)

Delivering static web content like images, CSS, and JavaScript files Streaming video and audio files at scale Distributing software updates and game patches Improving performance of global web applications Reducing load on origin servers

✅ Best For

  • Accelerating the load time of a media-rich website for a global audience
  • Delivering large video files for a streaming service
  • Offloading traffic from a web application's origin server during peak loads

💡 Check With Vendor

Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:

  • Highly personalized, non-cacheable dynamic content (though DSA helps, other solutions might be better).

🏆 Alternatives

Amazon CloudFront Google Cloud CDN Cloudflare Akamai

Offers a multi-provider platform which is unique, and provides a very simple setup for existing Azure customers compared to configuring a third-party CDN.

💻 Platforms

Web API

🔌 Integrations

Azure Blob Storage Azure App Service Azure Media Services Azure Monitor

🛟 Support Options

  • ✓ Email Support
  • ✓ Live Chat
  • ✓ Phone Support
  • ✓ Dedicated Support (Professional Direct, Premier tier)

🔒 Compliance & Security

✓ SOC 2 ✓ GDPR ✓ ISO 27001 ✓ SSO ✓ SOC ✓ ISO ✓ PCI DSS

💰 Pricing

Contact for pricing

✓ 30-day free trial

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