Summary
In this module, you learned about the Azure Load Balancer and Azure Traffic Manager.
The main takeaways from this module are:
- Load balancing distributes workloads to servers and services.
- Azure offers two non-HTTP(S) load balancing solutions: Azure Load Balancer and Azure Traffic Manager.
- Azure Load Balancers can distribute workloads globally or regionally.
- Azure Load Balancers can be public (external) or internal (private).
- Azure Load Balancer has two SKUs: Basic and Standard.
- Azure Traffic Manager is a DNS-based network traffic load balancer.
- Azure Traffic Manager supports different traffic-routing methods. These methods include performance, weighted, priority, and geographic.
Learn more with Copilot
Copilot can assist you in configuring Azure infrastructure solutions. Copilot can compare, recommend, explain, and research products and services where you need more information. Open a Microsoft Edge browser and choose Copilot (top right) or navigate to copilot.microsoft.com. Take a few minutes to try these prompts and extend your learning with Copilot.
- What is Azure Load Balancer? Provide benefits, features, and usage cases for the product.
- What is Azure Traffic Manager? Provide benefits, features, and usage cases for the product.
- Compare and contrast Azure Load Balancer and Azure Traffic Manager. When should you use each product? Provide usage cases.
Learn more with self-paced training
- Introduction to Azure Load Balancer. This module explains what Azure Load Balancer does, how it works, and when you should choose to use Load Balancer as a solution to meet your organization's needs.
- Improve application scalability and resiliency by using Azure Load Balancer. Discuss the different load balancers in Azure and how to choose the right Azure load balancer solution to meet your requirements.