Hands-On Azure for Developers

Chapter 20: Distributing Load with Azure Traffic Manager

1. Supported routing methods are Performance, Weighted, Geographic, MultiValue, and Subnet.
2. To use the real user measurement feature, you have to inject a custom script into your website, which will send the updated values for latencies regarding network calls.
3. Of course—in that scenario, you will get a nested profile.
4. Yes, it is possible to use an external endpoint.
5. Once the DNS name is resolved (so that Azure Traffic Manager is pointed to the correct endpoint), a client connects directly with the endpoint.
6. Azure Traffic Manager works on the DNS level, while the gateway is a pattern that enables you to load balance requests, but acts as a single entry to your system.
7. Yes, you can use ...