Correct Answer: Application Gateway works at Layer 7 (HTTP/HTTPS) while Load Balancer works at Layer 4 (TCP/UDP)
Application Gateway is a web traffic load balancer that can make routing decisions based on URL paths and other Layer 7 attributes....
Correct Answer
Application Gateway works at Layer 7 (HTTP/HTTPS) while Load Balancer works at Layer 4 (TCP/UDP)
Why This Answer Is Correct
Application Gateway is a web traffic load balancer that can make routing decisions based on URL paths and other Layer 7 attributes.
This question evaluates your knowledge of Azure Application Gateway — a core concept tested in Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900). Understanding Azure Application Gateway is essential for designing scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud architectures. Mastery of this topic will help you answer scenario-based questions confidently on exam day.
You need to route traffic to Azure Virtual Machines instances based on URL paths (e.g., '/api' vs '/static'). Which load balancer type should you use?
Which feature of Azure Application Gateway helps protect your web applications from common exploits like SQL injection and cross-site scripting (XSS)?
You want to route traffic to DIFFERENT back-end server pools based on the URL path (e.g., /images vs /videos). Which service should you use?
What does 'SSL Termination' (or SSL Offloading) mean in the context of Azure Application Gateway?
Which Azure service is a global, multi-region web load balancer that uses the 'anycast' protocol to route users to the nearest available application backend?