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-title: Azure Front Door
+title: Azure Front Door Overview
 description: This article provides an overview of Azure Front Door.
 author: halkazwini
 ms.author: halkazwini
 ms.service: azure-frontdoor
 ms.topic: overview
 ms.date: 11/12/2024
 ms.custom: portfolio-consolidation-2025
-#customer intent: As an IT admin, I want to learn about Front Door and what I can use it for.
+#customer intent: As an IT admin, I want to learn about Azure Front Door and what I can use it for.
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 # What is Azure Front Door?
 
-Whether you are delivering content and files or developing global applications and APIs, Azure Front Door enhances your user experience by providing higher availability, reduced latency, increased scalability, and improved security, no matter where your users are located. 
+Whether you're delivering content and files or developing global applications and APIs, Azure Front Door enhances your user experience by providing higher availability, reduced latency, increased scalability, and improved security. It provides these benefits no matter where your users are located.
 
-Azure Front Door is Microsoft's advanced cloud Content Delivery Network (CDN) designed to provide fast, reliable, and secure access to your applications' static and dynamic web content globally. By using Microsoft's extensive global edge network, Azure Front Door ensures efficient content delivery through numerous [global and local points of presence (PoPs)](edge-locations-by-region.md) strategically positioned close to both enterprise and consumer end users.
+Azure Front Door is an advanced content delivery network (CDN) for the cloud. It's designed to provide fast, reliable, and secure access to your applications' static and dynamic web content globally. By using Microsoft's extensive global edge network, Azure Front Door provides efficient content delivery through [global and local points of presence (PoPs)](edge-locations-by-region.md) strategically positioned close to both enterprise and consumer users.
 
 :::image type="content" source="./media/overview/front-door-overview.png" alt-text="Diagram of Azure Front Door routing user traffic to endpoints." lightbox="./media/overview/front-door-overview-expanded.png":::
 
 [!INCLUDE [ddos-waf-recommendation](../../includes/ddos-waf-recommendation.md)]
 
->[!NOTE]
-> Azure Front Door is one of the services in the Load Balancing and Content Delivery service category in Azure. Other services in this category include [Azure Load Balancer](../load-balancer/load-balancer-overview.md) and [Azure Application Gateway](../application-gateway/overview.md). Each service has its own unique features and use cases. For more information on this service category, see [Load Balancing and Content Delivery](../networking/load-balancer-content-delivery/load-balancing-content-delivery-overview.md).
+Azure Front Door is one of the services in the category of load-balancing and content delivery services in Azure. Other services in this category include [Azure Load Balancer](../load-balancer/load-balancer-overview.md) and [Azure Application Gateway](../application-gateway/overview.md). Each service has its own unique features and use cases. For more information on this service category, see [What is load balancing and content delivery?](../networking/load-balancer-content-delivery/load-balancing-content-delivery-overview.md).
 
 ## Why use Azure Front Door?
 
 > [!VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/embed/-4FQYxV9mAE]
 
-Azure Front Door enables internet-facing application to:
+Azure Front Door enables internet-facing applications to:
 
-* **Build and operate modern internet-first architectures** that have dynamic, high-quality digital experiences with highly automated, secure, and reliable platforms.
+* *Build and operate modern internet-first architectures* that have dynamic, high-quality digital experiences with highly automated, secure, and reliable platforms.
 
-* **Accelerate and deliver your applications and content globally** at scale to your users wherever they are, creating opportunities for you to compete, and quickly adapt to new demand and markets.
+* *Accelerate and deliver your applications and content globally* at scale to your users wherever they are. This ability creates opportunities for you to compete and quickly adapt to new demand and markets.
 
-* **Intelligently secure your digital estate** against known and new threats with intelligent security that embrace a **_Zero Trust_** framework.
+* *Help secure your digital estate* against known and new threats with intelligent security that embraces a Zero Trust framework.
 
-## Key Benefits
+## What are the key benefits?
 
-### Global delivery scale using Microsoft’s network
+### Global delivery scale through the Microsoft network
 
-Scale out and improve performance of your applications and content using Microsoft’s global Cloud CDN and WAN.
+Scale out and improve performance of your applications and content by using Microsoft's global cloud CDN and wide area network (WAN):
 
-* Uses over [118 edge locations](edge-locations-by-region.md) across 100 metro cities connected to Azure using a private enterprise-grade WAN and improve latency for applications by up to three times.
+* Take advantage of more than [118 edge locations](edge-locations-by-region.md) across 100 metro areas connected to Azure by using a private enterprise-grade WAN. Improve latency for applications by up to three times.
 
-* Accelerate application performance by using Front Door’s [anycast](front-door-traffic-acceleration.md#select-the-front-door-edge-location-for-the-request-anycast) network and [split TCP](front-door-traffic-acceleration.md#connect-to-the-front-door-edge-location-split-tcp) connections.
+* Accelerate application performance by using the Azure Front Door [anycast](front-door-traffic-acceleration.md#select-the-front-door-edge-location-for-the-request-anycast) network and [split TCP](front-door-traffic-acceleration.md#connect-to-the-front-door-edge-location-split-tcp) connections.
 
 * Terminate SSL offload at the edge and use integrated [certificate management](standard-premium/how-to-configure-https-custom-domain.md).
 
 * Natively support end-to-end IPv6 connectivity and the HTTP/2 protocol.
 
-### Deliver modern apps and architectures
+### Delivery of modern apps and architectures
 
-Modernize your internet first applications on Azure with Cloud Native experiences
+Modernize your internet-first applications on Azure with cloud-native experiences:
 
-* Integrate with DevOps friendly command line tools across SDKs of different languages, Bicep, ARM templates, CLI, and PowerShell.
+* Integrate with DevOps-friendly command-line tools across SDKs of different languages, Bicep, Azure Resource Manager templates, the Azure CLI, and PowerShell.
 
 * Define your own [custom domain](standard-premium/how-to-add-custom-domain.md) with flexible domain validation.
 
-* Load balance and route traffic across [origins](origin.md) and use intelligent [health probe](health-probes.md) monitoring across apps or content hosted in Azure or anywhere.
+* Load balance and route traffic across [origins](origin.md). Use intelligent [health probe](health-probes.md) monitoring across apps or content hosted in Azure or anywhere.
 
-* Integrate with other Azure services such as DNS, Web Apps, Storage, and many more for domain and origin management.
+* Integrate with other Azure services, such as Azure DNS, the Web Apps feature of Azure App Service, Azure Storage, and many more for domain and origin management.
 
-* Move your routing business logic to the edge with [enhanced rules engine](front-door-rules-engine.md) capabilities including regular expressions and server variables.
+* Move your routing business logic to the edge with [enhanced rules engine](front-door-rules-engine.md) capabilities, including regular expressions and server variables.
 
-* Analyze [built-in reports](standard-premium/how-to-reports.md) with an all-in-one dashboard for both Front Door and security patterns.
+* Analyze [built-in reports](standard-premium/how-to-reports.md) with an all-in-one dashboard for both Azure Front Door and security patterns.
 
-* [Monitor your Front Door traffic in real time](standard-premium/how-to-monitor-metrics.md), and configure alerts that integrate with Azure Monitor.
+* [Monitor your Azure Front Door traffic in real time](standard-premium/how-to-monitor-metrics.md), and configure alerts that integrate with Azure Monitor.
 
-* [Log each Front Door request](standard-premium/how-to-logs.md) and failed health probes.
+* [Log each Azure Front Door request](standard-premium/how-to-logs.md) and failed health probes.
 
-### Simple and cost-effective
+### Simplicity and cost-effectiveness
 
 * Unified static and dynamic delivery offered in a single tier to accelerate and scale your application through caching, SSL offload, and layer 3-4 DDoS protection.
 
-* Free, [autorotation managed SSL certificates](end-to-end-tls.md) that save time and quickly secure apps and content.
+* Free, [autorotation-managed SSL certificates](end-to-end-tls.md) that save time and help quickly secure apps and content.
 
-* Low entry fee and a simplified cost model that reduces billing complexity by having fewer meters needed to plan for.
+* Low entry fee and a simplified cost model that reduces billing complexity by having fewer meters to plan for.
 
-* Azure to Front Door integrated egress pricing that removes the separate egress charge from Azure regions to Azure Front Door. For more information, see [Azure Front Door pricing](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/frontdoor/).
+* Integrated egress pricing that removes the separate egress charge from Azure regions to Azure Front Door. For more information, see [Azure Front Door pricing](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/frontdoor/).
 
-### Intelligent secure internet perimeter
+### Intelligent, secure internet perimeter
 
-* Secure applications with built-in layer 3-4 DDoS protection, seamlessly attached [Web Application Firewall (WAF)](../web-application-firewall/afds/afds-overview.md), and [Azure DNS to protect your domains](how-to-configure-endpoints.md).
+* Help secure applications with built-in layer 3-4 DDoS protection, a seamlessly attached [WAF](../web-application-firewall/afds/afds-overview.md), and [Azure DNS to help protect your domains](how-to-configure-endpoints.md).
 
-* Protect your applications against layer 7 DDoS attacks using WAF. For more information, see [Application DDoS protection](../web-application-firewall/shared/application-ddos-protection.md).
+* Help protect your applications against layer 7 DDoS attacks by using a WAF. For more information, see [Application DDoS protection](../web-application-firewall/shared/application-ddos-protection.md).
 
-* Protect your applications from malicious actors with Bot manager rules based on Microsoft’s own Threat Intelligence.
+* Help protect your applications from malicious actors with bot manager rules based on Microsoft Threat Intelligence.
 
-* Privately connect to your backend behind Azure Front Door with [Private Link](private-link.md) and embrace a zero-trust access model.
+* Privately connect to your origin behind Azure Front Door by using [Azure Private Link](private-link.md), and embrace a Zero Trust access model.
 
-* Provide a centralized security experience for your application via Azure Policy and Azure Advisor that ensures consistent security features across apps.
+* Provide a centralized security experience for your application via Azure Policy and Azure Advisor that provides consistent security features across apps.
 
-
-## How to choose between Azure Front Door tiers?
+## How do you choose between Azure Front Door tiers?
 
 For a comparison of supported features in Azure Front Door, see [Tier comparison](standard-premium/tier-comparison.md).
 
 ## Where is the service available?
 
 Azure Front Door Standard, Premium, and Classic tiers are available in Microsoft Azure (Commercial) and Microsoft Azure Government (US).
 
-## Pricing
+## What's the pricing?
 
-For pricing information, see [Front Door Pricing](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/frontdoor/). For information about service-level agreements, See [SLA for Azure Front Door](https://azure.microsoft.com/support/legal/sla/frontdoor/v1_0/).
+For pricing information, see [Azure Front Door pricing](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/frontdoor/). For information about service-level agreement (SLA), see [Microsoft SLA for online services](https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/docs/view/Service-Level-Agreements-SLA-for-Online-Services).
 
 ## What's new?
 
-Subscribe to the RSS feed and view the latest Azure Front Door feature updates on the [Azure Updates](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?filters=%5B%22Azure+Front+Door%22%5D) page.
+Subscribe to the RSS feed, and view the latest Azure Front Door feature updates on the [Azure Updates](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?filters=%5B%22Azure+Front+Door%22%5D) page.
 
-## Next steps
+## Related content
 
-* Learn about [Azure Front Door routing architecture](front-door-routing-architecture.md)
+* Learn about [Azure Front Door routing architecture](front-door-routing-architecture.md).
 * Learn how to [create an Azure Front Door profile](create-front-door-portal.md).
-* [Learn module: Introduction to Azure Front Door](/training/modules/intro-to-azure-front-door/).

articles/frontdoor/front-door-cdn-comparison.md

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Authenticated users and client applications of the Azure Health Data Services mu
 
 To access Azure Health Data Services, you [register a client application](register-application.md) in the Microsoft Entra ID. By doing these steps, you can find the [application (client) ID](./../healthcare-apis/register-application.md#application-id-client-id), and configure the [authentication setting](./../healthcare-apis/register-application.md#authentication-setting-confidential-vs-public) to allow public client flows or to a confidential client application.
 
-As a requirement for the DICOM service, you configure the user access [API permissions](./../healthcare-apis/register-application.md#api-permissions) or role assignments for Azure Health Data Services managed through [Azure role-based access control (Azure RBAC)](configure-azure-rbac.md).  
+As a requirement for the DICOM service, you configure the user access [API permissions](./../healthcare-apis/register-application.md#api-permissions-for-dicom-and-fhir-services) or role assignments for Azure Health Data Services managed through [Azure role-based access control (Azure RBAC)](configure-azure-rbac.md).  
 
 ## FHIR service