Traffic Manager

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networking
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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.

Cloud Provider Equivalencies

These services provide DNS-based traffic routing to improve application availability and performance by directing users to the best available endpoint.

AWS
Route 53
AZ
Traffic Manager
GCP
Cloud DNS
OCI
Traffic Management Steering Policies

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