What is an Azure Network Virtual Appliance (NVA)?
An Azure Network Virtual Appliance (NVA) is a virtual appliance providing a wide range of network functionality similar to traditional physical networking appliances, in virtualized network environments in Azure Cloud. NVAs play a critical role in controlling and securing network traffic by routing traffic, firewalls, and balancing the load on this traffic.
Key Features and Capabilities
The NVAs possess some set of functionalities that are necessary to have on-demand with the current state of cloud architecture subjects.
- Decent Scaling: Scale to address different network traffic loads.
- Integration with Azure services and 3rd party applications and add-ons.
- Security: Offers a series of security features including firewalls, intrusion detection, and prevention.
What is An Azure NVA (Network Virtual Appliance)
Businesses are rapidly moving to the cloud which leads to the extreme importance of strong network infrastructure and security. Find out how Microsoft Azure had multiple tools and services to help you do this migration easily. Within this landscape can be found tools such as Network Virtual Appliances (NVAs), which is a key component in increasing network functionality and security. In this article, you will learn about Azure NVAs, its advantages, its considerations for deployment, and their use cases.