Front Door Caching - See performance gain

Nibbler 616 Reputation points
2020-10-30T13:46:56.773+00:00

Hi Q&A,

How can I check if content is getting served by the Azure Front Caching/Build-in CDN. I'm not seeing anything changed in the URL's ( like xxxx.cdn.xxx. Like one would if using CloudFlare CDN etc.

I dont really find any detailed documentation on this subject, with screendums and settings/best pratice.

Thanks.

Azure Front Door
Azure Front Door
An Azure service that provides a cloud content delivery network with threat protection.
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  1. TravisCragg-MSFT 5,681 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2020-10-31T03:22:09.183+00:00

    Azure Front Door (like most other CDNs) use the X-Cache header to show if the content has been served by the cache. You can use any program that shows response headers to view this, and also view the time it takes for the content to be served.

  2. TravisCragg-MSFT 5,681 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2020-11-03T18:05:07.77+00:00

    Depending upon the location of your site & the location of the edge location, the performance gain might not be significant from that computer. It might be quite significant if the user has a high latency to your site. It is always best to test yourself and see what performance gains you will get out of the service.