#1 most frequent
United States of America
50.9%873 installations of 1,715
What is Azure Firewall?
Azure Firewall is a cloud-native, intelligent network firewall security service that offers threat protection for Azure cloud workloads. It is a fully stateful firewall as a service, featuring built-in high availability and unlimited cloud scalability.
Categories & Use Cases
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Top Performing Features
Policy-based Controls
Firewall policy controls enable administrators to create firewall policies controlling what data is allowed to traverse the firewall
Category average: 8.6
Firewall Management Console
Either command-line or web-based interface for centralized control and management
Category average: 8.4
High Availability
Built-in capacity to prevent exposure if primary firewall stops working
Category average: 8.7
Areas for Improvement
Visualization Tools
Visualization tools present administrators with data on applications traversing the network, who is using them, and the potential security impact.
Category average: 7.6
Content Inspection
Inspecting permitted application traffic by means of threat prevention, URL filtering and data filtering
Category average: 8.4
Reporting and Logging
Custom and summary reports, and log files enabling analysis of security incidents, application usage and traffic patterns
Category average: 7.5
Who Buys & Uses Azure Firewall
#2 most frequent
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
8.5%146 installations of 1,715
#3 most frequent
Canada
6.4%109 installations of 1,715
My Azure Firewall Review
Pros
- Azure Fire wall is easy to use
- Azure fire wall is easy to set up
Cons
- Azure Fire wall pricing may not always be competitive
Return on Investment
- Azure Firewall decreased our overhead by over 7%
- Azure fire wall has increased efficiency within the security department
Alternatives Considered
Amazon Web Services
Other Software Used
Amazon Web Services, Azure Bot Service (Microsoft Bot Framework), Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE