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Hands-On Networking with Azure

You're reading from   Hands-On Networking with Azure Build large-scale, real-world apps using Azure networking solutions

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2018
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ISBN-13 9781788998222
Length 276 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Mohamed Waly Mohamed Waly
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Preface 1. Azure Virtual Networks 101 FREE CHAPTER 2. Delving into Azure Virtual Networks 3. Azure Network for VMs 4. Network Connectivity Scenarios in Azure 5. Azure DNS 6. Azure Load Balancers 7. Azure Traffic Manager 8. Azure Application Gateway 9. Other Books You May Enjoy

Introduction to Azure Load Balancer

Load balancing has always been one of the most important and straightforward methods for scaling up infrastructure.

The load balancer mainly distributes the traffic across a set of servers to enhance the responsiveness and the availability of VMs.

In a nutshell, the load balancer receives the traffic from the client and redistributes it across a set of servers. As a result, it ensures the following:

  • High availability of the service for which you use Azure Load Balancer, as the client connects only to an online server that has no issues
  • Flexibility of adding or removing backend servers behind Azure Load Balancer

Azure Load Balancer is not different. It is a layer 4 load balancer that distributes the traffic across either VMs or cloud services; and, if one of the VMs becomes unavailable, the traffic gets redirected to another VM.

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