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Layer 4 Azure load-balancing service that distributes TCP and UDP traffic across virtual machines or scale set instances and uses health probes to send traffic only to healthy instances.
| Type | Product |
|---|---|
| Documentation | learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/load-balancer/load-balancer-overview |
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Use Traffic Manager for cross-region routing, Azure Load Balancer for distribution within a region and Front Door when you also need WAF, caching and TLS termination at the edge. · From the episode: Azure Traffic Manager - Simply Explained
Azure Load Balancer distributes network traffic across multiple backend resources and keeps applications reliable by sending traffic only to healthy servers. · From the episode: Azure Load Balancer — Simply Explained
Health probes check the status of backend servers. Unresponsive servers are removed automatically so users are not sent to them. · From the episode: Azure Load Balancer — Simply Explained
No. The episode points to Front Door or Traffic Manager for global distribution and suggests layering them on top of Load Balancer as needs grow. · From the episode: Azure Load Balancer — Simply Explained
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