1---2name: azure-traffic-manager3description: Expert knowledge for Azure Traffic Manager development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when configuring profiles/endpoints, routing methods, RUM JS, nested designs, or Traffic View–based tuning, and other Azure Traffic Manager related development tasks. Not for Azure Front Door (use azure-front-door), Azure Load Balancer (use azure-load-balancer), Azure Virtual WAN (use azure-virtual-wan), Azure Application Gateway (use azure-application-gateway).4---5# Azure Traffic Manager Skill
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7This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Traffic Manager. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.
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9## How to Use This Skill
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11> **IMPORTANT for Agent**: Use the **Category Index** below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g., `L35-L120`), use `read_file` with the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g., `[security.md](security.md)`), use `read_file` on the linked reference file
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13> **IMPORTANT for Agent**: If `metadata.generated_at` is more than 3 months old, suggest the user pull the latest version from the repository. If `mcp_microsoftdocs` tools are not available, suggest the user install it: [Installation Guide](https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/mcp/blob/main/README.md)
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15This skill requires **network access** to fetch documentation content:
16- **Preferred**: Use `mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch` with query string `from=learn-agent-skill`. Returns Markdown.
17- **Fallback**: Use `fetch_webpage` with query string `from=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown`. Returns Markdown.
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19## Category Index
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21| Category | Lines | Description |
22|----------|-------|-------------|
23| Troubleshooting | L34-L39 | Testing Traffic Manager routing behavior, verifying endpoint health, and diagnosing/fixing degraded profiles, misconfigurations, and routing issues. |
24| Best Practices | L40-L44 | Guidance on optimizing Traffic Manager profiles, endpoint configuration, monitoring, and routing settings for high performance, reliability, and low-latency global traffic distribution |
25| Decision Making | L45-L50 | Guidance on choosing the right Traffic Manager routing method and using Traffic View analytics to optimize routing decisions and traffic distribution |
26| Architecture & Design Patterns | L51-L58 | Architectural patterns for combining Traffic Manager with other Azure load balancers, nested profiles, App Service integration, and Traffic Manager + Application Gateway designs. |
27| Configuration | L59-L80 | Configuring Traffic Manager profiles, endpoints, routing methods (weighted, geographic, subnet, multivalue), DNS/IPv6, monitoring/logs, and using ARM, Bicep, Terraform, CLI, and PowerShell. |
28| Integrations & Coding Patterns | L81-L85 | Using Traffic Manager Real User Measurements (RUM) in apps and web pages, including integrating with Visual Studio App Center and adding the RUM JavaScript to collect user latency data. |
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30### Troubleshooting
31| Topic | URL |
32|-------|-----|
33| Verify and test Azure Traffic Manager routing configuration | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/traffic-manager-testing-settings |
34| Diagnose and fix degraded Azure Traffic Manager profiles | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/traffic-manager-troubleshooting-degraded |
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36### Best Practices
37| Topic | URL |
38|-------|-----|
39| Apply performance best practices for Azure Traffic Manager | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/traffic-manager-performance-considerations |
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41### Decision Making
42| Topic | URL |
43|-------|-----|
44| Choose appropriate Azure Traffic Manager routing methods | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/traffic-manager-routing-methods |
45| Use Traffic View insights for Traffic Manager optimization | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/traffic-manager-traffic-view-overview |
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47### Architecture & Design Patterns
48| Topic | URL |
49|-------|-----|
50| Design solutions using Azure load-balancing portfolio | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/traffic-manager-load-balancing-azure |
51| Design nested Traffic Manager profile architectures | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/traffic-manager-nested-profiles |
52| Integrate Azure App Service with Traffic Manager routing | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/traffic-manager-use-azure-app-service |
53| Architect solutions combining Traffic Manager and Application Gateway | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/traffic-manager-use-with-application-gateway |
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55### Configuration
56| Topic | URL |
57|-------|-----|
58| Define nested Multivalue routing with ARM templates | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/configure-multivalue-routing-method-template |
59| Configure DNS record types and IPv6 in Traffic Manager | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/dns-record-types |
60| Add external endpoints to Traffic Manager via ARM templates | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/how-to-add-endpoint-existing-profile-template |
61| Define Traffic Manager profiles using Bicep | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/quickstart-create-traffic-manager-profile-bicep |
62| Configure Traffic Manager profiles with ARM templates | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/quickstart-create-traffic-manager-profile-template |
63| Provision Traffic Manager profiles using Terraform | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/quickstart-create-traffic-manager-profile-terraform |
64| Configure MultiValue routing profiles in Traffic Manager | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/traffic-manager-configure-multivalue-routing-method |
65| Configure subnet-based routing rules in Traffic Manager | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/traffic-manager-configure-subnet-routing-method |
66| Enable and use Traffic Manager diagnostic resource logs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/traffic-manager-diagnostic-logs |
67| Configure geographic routing regions for Traffic Manager | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/traffic-manager-geographic-regions |
68| Manage Traffic Manager endpoints across regions | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/traffic-manager-manage-endpoints |
69| Create and manage Azure Traffic Manager profiles | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/traffic-manager-manage-profiles |
70| Use Traffic Manager metrics and alerts for monitoring | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/traffic-manager-metrics-alerts |
71| Configure endpoint monitoring and health checks in Traffic Manager | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/traffic-manager-monitoring |
72| Manage Azure Traffic Manager with PowerShell (ARM) | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/traffic-manager-powershell-arm |
73| Configure Traffic Manager subnet override via Azure CLI | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/traffic-manager-subnet-override-cli |
74| Configure Traffic Manager subnet override via PowerShell | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/traffic-manager-subnet-override-powershell |
75| Configure weighted endpoint routing in Traffic Manager | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/tutorial-traffic-manager-weighted-endpoint-routing |
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77### Integrations & Coding Patterns
78| Topic | URL |
79|-------|-----|
80| Integrate Visual Studio App Center apps with Traffic Manager RUM | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/traffic-manager-create-rum-visual-studio |
81| Instrument web pages for Traffic Manager Real User Measurements | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/traffic-manager-create-rum-web-pages |
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