Virtual Loadmaster (VLM) for Azure is a full-featured, advanced Layer 4-7 load balancing and content switching solution that enables seamless Azure application and service delivery. With its integrated security features and cost-effective scaling it delivers everything required for effective application and service delivery in Azure

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Advanced
Application
Delivery for the
Microsoft Cloud

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Corporate Overview
• LoadMaster™ family of
• Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)
• Load Balancers
• Reverse Proxies
• Strong market presence “front-ending” Microsoft
workloads (SharePoint, IIS, ADFS, etc.)
KEMP Technologies is the only Visionary in the 2015 Gartner
Magic Quadrant for Application Delivery Controllers:
“KEMP’s inclusion in…Microsoft’s Azure cloud offering have
increased visibility and go-to-market capabilities.”
http://kemptechnologies.com/gartner-magic-quadrant-visionary

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KEMP’s Azure Momentum
Key Azure
Milestones
Q3
2013
First ADC in Azure Cloud First Certified ADC Azure
Marketplace Solution
Q4
2014
Top 10 Azure Marketplace
solution with usage well over
100K hours/month
Today

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Virtual LoadMaster™ (VLM) for Azure
A full-featured, advanced Layer 4-7 load balancing and content switching solution that enables seamless Azure
application and service delivery, with integrated security features and cost-effective scaling
Full-featured
•Everything required for effective application
and service delivery in Azure, including
content switching, Layer 7 health checking,
global server load balancing, security features
and more
•Keeps customer focus on application design,
development and migration

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Virtual LoadMaster™ (VLM) for Azure
Secure
•Advanced SSL traffic management, including
centralized certificate handling
•Web Application Firewall (WAF) protection
and secure access via Reverse Proxy; client
authentication and other edge security
features
•Increases customer comfort with cloud
deployment

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Virtual LoadMaster™ (VLM) for Azure
Scalable
•Supports throughput from 20Mbps up to
10Gbps
•Scale capacity up or down through hourly
Marketplace SKUs or simple, cost-effective
BYOL upgrades; no vCPU, memory or disk
usage limitations
•Drives customer adoption through right-
sized performance and economics

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Virtual LoadMaster™ (VLM) for Azure

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KEMP Extends and Enhances Azure Application Delivery
Azure Load Balancer
Optimized Deployments
• Supports HA configuration
• Easy to deploy application templates
(e.g. SharePoint, ADFS)
• Health checks (including SSL)
Enhanced User Experience
• Throughput to 10Gbps
• Session persistence
• Caching and compression
Improved Security
• Web Application Firewall
• Client authentication
• Intrusion detection/prevention
Azure Traffic Manager
Azure application Gateway
Feature Azure with KEMP VLM for Azure
Content/URL switching No 
SSL offload/re-encrypt Limited 
Session persistence Limited 
Content caching No 
Reverse Proxy No 
Web Application Firewall (WAF) No 
Client authentication & SSO No 

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Why KEMP Virtual LoadMaster for Azure?
Core value
•Improves application availability, accessibility, performance and security
•Eliminates common deployment barriers
•Broad applicability across Azure IaaS, PaaS and SaaS workloads
Increased customer satisfaction
•Keeps Azure projects moving forward
•Simplifies deployment for architects and admins
•Improves end-user experience

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Why KEMP Virtual LoadMaster for Azure?
Friction-free adoption
•Easy to set up and manage (self-service in many cases)
•Freemium pricing strategy
•World-class support
Trusted by Microsoft Experts
• Broad awareness among MVP and other expert
communities
• Proven reliability

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Customer Success
“Our college and scholarship
matching tool is composed of two
separate .NET web applications and
Umbraco and WordPress CMS all
served to prospective students via
our website (www.unigo.com). We
rely on KEMP’s Azure VLM primarily
for Layer 7 content switching to
consolidate multiple web apps
under one domain name.”
Roody Dennis
Manager of QA & Operations, Unigo Group

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Common Use Cases | Content Switching
Aggregate multiple application front-ends into a unified experience for end-users using a single domain
name or IP address with the following capabilities:
• Server Name Indicator (SNI)
• Host Header Matching
• Group Based Traffic Steering

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Common Use Cases | Hybrid Deployment
Safely and securely extend on-premises ADFS, IIS, SharePoint or custom web applications to take advantage
of extra capacity in, or failover to, the Microsoft Cloud

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Common Use Cases | Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB)
Virtual LoadMaster for Azure’s GEO capability allows for automatic re-routing across Azure regions in the
event of failure

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Common Use Cases | Security
KEMP VLM for Azure has a number of integrated security features including:
•Wide range of client authentication methods
•Reverse Proxy
•Web Application Firewall (WAF)

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Next Steps:
Try KEMP VLM for Azure free for 30 days:
https://kemptechnologies.com/free-azure-load-balancer-offer/
Learn how to deploy VLM for Azure (including HA):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb54tl1YizM
Go straight to KEMP’s Azure Marketplace solution:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/partners/kemptech/vlm-azure/
KEMP Azure Contacts:
Jeff Fisher
VP, Strategic Alliances
jfisher@kemptechnologies.com
Bhargav Shukla
Director of Technology, Strategic Alliances
bshukla@kemptechnologies.com