Name: Azure Firewall
Rating: 4.2 (226 reviews)

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Product Information on Azure Firewall

Updated 14th October 2025

What is Azure Firewall?

Azure Firewall is a cloud-based network security software that offers centralized protection for virtual networks in Azure environments. It provides features such as network and application traffic filtering, threat intelligence integration, and logging of network activity. The software supports stateful inspection, allows policy management, and can monitor outbound and inbound traffic to help organizations manage security risks. Azure Firewall addresses the business problem of securing cloud resources from unauthorized access and potential threats, enabling administrators to define rules and control connectivity across workloads hosted in Azure. The software integrates with other Azure services and is designed to efficiently enforce compliance and safeguard data within cloud infrastructures.

Overall experience with Azure Firewall

Lead Cybersecurity Engineer

1B - 3B USD, Construction

FAVORABLE

“Scalable Bandwidth Supports High-GPU Workloads With Reporting and IP Limitations”

4.0

Feb 24, 2026

Azure Firewall (Premium) is a decent option for a cloud firewall. It was quick to set up, easy to maintain, and provides the throughput necessary for ~800 virtual machines hosted in Azure.

Cybersecurity Analyst

3B - 10B USD, Manufacturing

CRITICAL

“Scalable Firewall Provides Ease of Use But Lacks Advanced Investigation Capabilities”

3.0

Feb 4, 2026

Used in a layered firewall defense and is less feature rich but still capable firewall for our organization.

About Company

Company Description

Microsoft enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Microsoft is dedicated to advancing human and organizational achievement. Microsoft Security helps protect people and data against cyberthreats to give peace of mind.

Company Details

Company type

Public

Year Founded

1975

Head office location

Redmond, Washington, United States

Number of employees

10000+

Annual Revenue

30B+ USD

Website

https://microsoft.com

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Azure Firewall Likes & Dislikes

The scalability of the available bandwidth prompted us to go with Azure Firewall. We were hosting ~800 high-GPU virtual machines in Azure that required significant throughput at times. The scalable approach allowed us to avoid guessing what that bandwidth maximum would be.

Integrates well with other Microsoft products like Azure as most Microsoft products do, does scale well for our organization and does not have many issues with reliability as works almost all the time efficiently. Was one of the easier deployments we have had with our organization but that is third party information I have gotten from coworkers involved with the setup can say it does seem simpler and easier in use.

I really like how this product has all of the advanced firewall techniques and modules and is in the cloud, working for cloud networks. It is amazing that we can have something like this. Thank you, Microsoft.

There are two pain points for us. The first being that when you assign multiple public IP addresses to the firewall, in our case, for inbound hosted websites, all of those public IP addresses are automatically made part of your outbound SNAT pool. This contributes to difficulties with IP whitelisting. Our second pain point is simply the representation of data in the firewall logs. I would like to see more canned reports for useful information regarding the traffic seen by the firewall.

Less feature rich that other firewalls and thus seems less useful in comparison in addition the delay for real time investigations can be grating as we must wait for logs to get populated. Does not provide as much visibility as other tools.

I don't like that the costs are higher than I'd like them to be. Also, as someone who specializes in digital forensics, I didn't find any advanced investigative techniques, which I wish it had.

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Azure Firewall Reviews and Ratings

4.2

(226 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star: 44%
4 Star: 47%
3 Star: 8%
2 Star: 0%
1 Star: 0%

Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

4.5

Integration & Deployment

4.5

Service & Support

4.5

Product Capabilities

4.4

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Lead Cybersecurity Engineer
1B-10B USD
Construction
Review Source
Scalable Bandwidth Supports High-GPU Workloads With Reporting and IP Limitations
4.0
Feb 24, 2026
Azure Firewall (Premium) is a decent option for a cloud firewall. It was quick to set up, easy to maintain, and provides the throughput necessary for ~800 virtual machines hosted in Azure.
Forensic Analyst
<50M USD
IT Services
Review Source
Easy Setup and Reliable Performance but Lacks Advanced Investigative Features
5.0
Feb 23, 2026
I thoroughly enjoyed this product. This product was very easy to set up and it worked very well when I set it for a client. It does everything like it's asked to and doesn't fail in any big way.
Cybersecurity Analyst
1B-10B USD
Manufacturing
Review Source
Scalable Firewall Provides Ease of Use But Lacks Advanced Investigation Capabilities
3.0
Feb 4, 2026
Used in a layered firewall defense and is less feature rich but still capable firewall for our organization.
SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
<50M USD
Media
Review Source
Efficient Protection With Azure Firewall Though Troubleshooting And Costs Raise Concerns
4.0
Dec 11, 2025
Azure Firewall has been a reliable and centralized solution for our security. It integrates well with other Azure services and provides consistent protection across environments.
Cto
<50M USD
IT Services
Review Source
Basic DDOS Protection Provided but Advanced Options Remain Unavailable in Azure Firewall
4.0
Feb 17, 2026
Nice solution, fits well with the Azure Portal, but only good for basic features.

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