Azure gives you an option to upgrade the gateway to the Web Application Firewall tier. When you select the Upgrade to WAF Tier checkbox, the Azure portal reveals a few extra options (see Figure 4).

Microsoft's is now offering a Web Application Firewall (WAF) with its Azure Application Gateway and HTTP load-balancing service to protect apps from a growing spate of malicious attacks.

Take advantage of Application Insights to monitor performance and detect and diagnose performance issues in your web application.

AWS Outposts, Microsoft Azure Arc, and Google Cloud Anthos each offers its own approach to managing hybrid and multicloud environments. Here’s how they compare on cost, security, and management.