F5 has announced F5 NGINX for Microsoft Azure, an Azure-native service developed in partnership with Microsoft that enables users to deliver modern applications on Azure with just a few clicks. With NGINX for Azure, developers can boost and migrate on-premises applications to Azure and deploy new, cloud-native services using NGINX, the load balancing solution they know and trust.

According to F5's 2022 State of Application Strategy Report, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated cloud migration, with three-quarters of organizations deploying applications in public cloud environments. With the increase in cloud applications, more than 25% of organizations are also hosting application security and delivery services in the cloud. Developers, cloud architects, system architects, and other practitioners who want to run applications on Azure need to easily migrate to the cloud, deliver secure digital services at scale quickly and continuously, and ensure consistent application performance between on-premises and cloud environments. consistency.

NGINX for Azure successfully addresses these needs by enabling enterprises to:

• Upgrade and seamlessly migrate applications from on-premises to the cloud with existing NGINX configurations

• Adopt advanced traffic management capabilities to provide secure and reliable applications and services

• Shorten the learning curve and simplify cloud applications with built-in deep integrations: Azure Monitor for application insight and visibility, Azure Key Vault for SSL/TLS certificate management

By using the same load balancing solution on-premises and on Azure, businesses can maintain consistency in performance and security, resulting in a superior digital experience for their customers.

"NGINX provides a suite of advanced connectivity, traffic management and security solutions for the world's most trafficked websites, all of which bring additional value to the Microsoft Azure ecosystem," said Eric Braun, vice president of products at F5 NGINX. "Microsoft's trusted The cloud combined with NGINX's trusted SaaS services enables developers and DevOps teams to optimize the performance, reliability and security of their distributed applications and services globally."

"Development teams are constantly pushing the envelope as they innovate," said Julia Liuson, president of Microsoft Development. "Teams can take advantage of a fully configured, secure cloud-hosted environment to get any project up and running in minutes, allowing teams to achieve faster Business goals. In partnership with F5, we provide NGINX networking capabilities natively integrated with Microsoft Azure, enabling application developers, IT operators, and service operations teams to deliver higher performance, more reliable, and more secure applications , making it faster and easier to respond to customers.”

NGINX for Azure is currently in public preview in the Azure Marketplace.