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Traffic Manager

intermediate
networking

Definition

Azure DNS-based traffic load balancer for global application availability. Like a traffic director that routes users to the best available data center.

Real-World Example

Global applications use Traffic Manager to automatically route users to the closest healthy endpoint.

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Compare Across Cloud Providers

Traffic Manager is available across all major cloud platforms. Compare equivalent services:

AWS
Amazon Route 53 Routing Policies
Azure
Azure Traffic Manager
Google Cloud
Cloud DNS Routing Policies
Oracle Cloud
Traffic Management Steering

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