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David Okeyode
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David is the EMEA Azure CTO at Palo Alto Networks. Before that, he was an independent consultant helping companies secure their Azure environments through private expert level trainings and assessments. He has authored two books on Azure security - "Penetration Testing Azure for Ethical Hackers" and "Microsoft Azure Security Technologies Certification and Beyond. He has also authored multiple cloud computing courses for popular platforms like LinkedIn Learning. He holds over 15 cloud certifications and has over a decade of experience in Cybersecurity (consultancy, design, implementation). David is married to a lovely girl who makes the best banana cake in the world. They love travelling the world together!
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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...

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David Okeyode

David is the EMEA Azure CTO at Palo Alto Networks. Before that, he was an independent consultant helping companies secure their Azure environments through private expert level trainings and assessments. He has authored two books on Azure security - "Penetration Testing Azure for Ethical Hackers" and "Microsoft Azure Security Technologies Certification and Beyond. He has also authored multiple cloud computing courses for popular platforms like LinkedIn Learning. He holds over 15 cloud certifications and has over a decade of experience in Cybersecurity (consultancy, design, implementation). David is married to a lovely girl who makes the best banana cake in the world. They love travelling the world together!
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