Azure Front Door

AzureNetworking

Global application delivery network with anycast acceleration, Azure CDN, WAF, bot protection, and API gateway features, offering Standard, Premium, and Classic tiers plus private origin connectivity via Private Link

Jurisdictional exposure

Provider HQ
USRedmond, USA

Subject to CLOUD Act, FISA-702, DPF

Region locations
APACCNEEAEUUKUSOther73 regions across 7 jurisdictions
Sovereign option
Yes — 13 sovereign-flagged regions available

Attributes

SLA Uptime
99.99%

Sub-services (3)

Standard Tier

Static and dynamic content delivery with basic WAF and rules engine

Premium Tier

Adds managed WAF with bot protection and Private Link to origins

Rules Engine

Per-route request and response manipulation including routing overrides

Compliance & Certifications

This service is attested for the following frameworks. Always verify with the provider before relying on a specific compliance posture.

Where this runs

73 regions
36 countries
13sovereign
Sovereign regions (13)
  • Australia Central · CanberraAzure Australia Government
  • Australia Central 2 · CanberraAzure Australia Government
  • US Gov Virginia · VirginiaAzure Government (US)
  • US Gov Arizona · ArizonaAzure Government (US)
  • US Gov Texas · TexasAzure Government (US)
  • US DoD East · VirginiaAzure Government Secret (US)
  • US DoD Central · IowaAzure Government Secret (US)
  • China North (Beijing) · BeijingMicrosoft Azure China (21Vianet)
  • China East (Shanghai) · ShanghaiMicrosoft Azure China (21Vianet)
  • China North 2 · BeijingMicrosoft Azure China (21Vianet)
  • China East 2 · ShanghaiMicrosoft Azure China (21Vianet)
  • China North 3 · HebeiMicrosoft Azure China (21Vianet)
  • China East 3 · ShanghaiMicrosoft Azure China (21Vianet)
Commercial regions (60)

Europe (21)

  • Austria East
  • Belgium Central
  • Denmark East
  • Finland Central
  • France South
  • France Central
  • Germany North
  • Germany West Central
  • Greece Central
  • North Europe
  • Italy North
  • West Europe
  • Norway East
  • Norway West
  • Poland Central
  • Spain Central
  • Sweden Central
  • Switzerland West
  • Switzerland North
  • UK West
  • UK South

North America (13)

  • Canada East
  • Canada Central
  • Mexico Central
  • West US
  • East US 3
  • North Central US
  • Central US
  • West US 3
  • South Central US
  • East US
  • East US 2
  • West US 2
  • West Central US

South America (3)

  • Brazil Southeast
  • Brazil South
  • Chile Central

Asia (13)

  • East Asia
  • South India
  • Jio India West
  • West India
  • Jio India Central
  • Central India
  • Indonesia Central
  • Japan West
  • Japan East
  • Malaysia West
  • Southeast Asia
  • Korea South
  • Korea Central

Oceania (3)

  • Australia East
  • Australia Southeast
  • New Zealand North

Middle East (5)

  • Israel Central
  • Qatar Central
  • Saudi Arabia Central
  • UAE Central
  • UAE North

Africa (2)

  • South Africa West
  • South Africa North

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Pricing

Pricing model:pay-as-you-go