Microsoft AZ-700: Exercise – Create a Traffic Manager Profile Using the Azure Portal

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Notes from MS Learn AZ-700 Module 4: Load balance non-HTTP(S) traffic in Azure – Unit 6: Exercise – Create a Traffic Manager Profile Using the Azure Portal

Tasks (taken from MS Learn: Items without “Task” in front of them are personal additions)

  • Task 1: Create the web apps
    • Search and select App Services in Azure Portal
    • Click Create
      • Select or Create New Resource Group (Create new in this example)
        • Enter Unique Name
        • Click OK
      • Enter Name in box under Instance Details
      • Select Runtime stack from dropdown
      • Select Windows Plan or Create new (create new in this example)
        • Enter unique name
        • Click OK
      • Click Next : Deployment >
      • Click Next : Networking >
      • Click Next : Monitoring >
        • Toggle Enable Application Insights to No
      • Click Review + create
      • Click Create
      • Repeat for second webapp changing the location
  • Task 2: Create a Traffic Manager profile
    • Search and click Traffic Manager Profiles in Azure Portal
    • Click Create
      • Enter unique Name
      • Select Routing Method from dropdown
      • Select Resource Group from dropdown
      • Click Create
      • Click Refresh
  • Task 3: Add Traffic Manager endpoints
    • Choose the newly created TM profile
    • Click Endpoints under settings
    • Click Add
      • Enter unique name
      • Choose Target resource type from dropdown
      • Choose Target resource from dropdown
      • Click Add
    • Repeat Add steps above for failover (second) endpoint
    • Click Refresh
    • Monitor status should list Online for both
  • Task 4: Test the Traffic Manager profile
    • Click overview in left panel
    • Copy DNS Name
    • Open new browser tab and paste DNS name
    • Disable Primary site
      • Click on primary endpoint
      • Toggle Status to Disabled
      • Click Save
      • Close endpoint page
    • Status for primary endpoint now disabled
    • Open new tab and navigate to DNS name
    • Webapp should still be available
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