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Azure Front Door (classic) Azure Front Door Standard and Premium

Legacy names Azure Front Door (classic), Azure CDN Standard from Microsoft (classic)

Modern global cloud content delivery network (CDN) and Layer 7 application delivery service combining dynamic site acceleration, global HTTP load balancing, SSL offload, and Web Application Firewall.

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  1. Azure CDN Standard from Microsoft (classic)

    · First-Party Microsoft CDN Launch

    Introduced Microsoft's native first-party CDN tier alongside third-party Akamai and Verizon/Edgio CDN profiles on Microsoft.Cdn/profiles (retiring September 30, 2027).

  2. Azure Front Door (classic)

    · General Availability

    Reached general availability in April 2019 on Microsoft.Network/frontDoors as a global Layer 7 application acceleration and routing service (retiring March 31, 2027).

  3. Azure Front Door Standard and PremiumCurrent name

    · Unified Cloud CDN General Availability

    Consolidated Azure Front Door (classic) and Azure CDN Standard from Microsoft (classic) into Azure Front Door Standard and Premium on Microsoft.Cdn/profiles (az afd).

What is Azure Front Door (classic) called now?

Azure Front Door (classic) was consolidated into Azure Front Door Standard and Premium, with the latest change on 29 March 2022 (Unified Cloud CDN General Availability). Earlier names covered by this entry also include Azure CDN Standard from Microsoft (classic). Modern global cloud content delivery network (CDN) and Layer 7 application delivery service combining dynamic site acceleration, global HTTP load balancing, SSL offload, and Web Application Firewall. The underlying legacy API or CLI surface is deprecated, so a technical migration is required.

Also known as

  • AFD Standard and Premium
  • Azure CDN from Edgio (retired)

Technical identifiers

Legacy identifiers deprecated. The underlying API or CLI surface for the legacy name is officially deprecated, so this change requires a technical migration rather than a label update.

ARM Resource Providers (Microsoft.*)Microsoft.Cdn/profiles (Standard_AzureFrontDoor / Premium_AzureFrontDoor) Microsoft.Cdn/profiles/afdEndpoints Microsoft.Network/frontDoors (classic retiring 2027-03-31)
Azure CLI (az) / PowerShellaz afd az network front-door (classic)
Entra ID / Azure RBAC RolesCDN Profile Contributor CDN Endpoint Contributor Network Contributor
Terraform Resources (azurerm_*)azurerm_cdn_frontdoor_profile azurerm_cdn_frontdoor_endpoint azurerm_cdn_frontdoor_origin_group azurerm_frontdoor (deprecated)

The legacy Microsoft.Network/frontDoors ARM resource type and azurerm_frontdoor Terraform resource are deprecated and retiring on March 31, 2027 in favor of Microsoft.Cdn/profiles with Standard_AzureFrontDoor or Premium_AzureFrontDoor SKUs, az afd, and azurerm_cdn_frontdoor_*.

Notes & disambiguation

  • In March 2022, Microsoft reached general availability for Azure Front Door Standard and Premium, consolidating the global Layer 7 routing capabilities of Azure Front Door (classic), the static content delivery of Azure CDN Standard from Microsoft (classic), and Azure Web Application Firewall into a unified edge platform.
  • As of August 15, 2025, both Azure Front Door (classic) and Azure CDN Standard from Microsoft (classic) closed to new profile creation, new domain onboarding, and new Azure-managed certificates; Azure Front Door (classic) retires on March 31, 2027 and Azure CDN Standard from Microsoft (classic) retires on September 30, 2027 (following the January 15, 2025 retirement of Azure CDN from Edgio/Verizon).
  • Technically, Azure Front Door Standard and Premium moved from the legacy `Microsoft.Network/frontDoors` ARM provider (`az network front-door`, `azurerm_frontdoor`) to the `Microsoft.Cdn/profiles` ARM provider (`Standard_AzureFrontDoor` and `Premium_AzureFrontDoor` SKUs, `az afd`, `azurerm_cdn_frontdoor_profile`).

Sources & official documentation

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