index.yml

### YamlMime:Landing

title: Load Balancer documentation
summary: Learn how to use Azure Load Balancer to efficiently distribute traffic and improve application scalability. Explore quickstarts, tutorials, and how-to guides for deploying load balancers in virtual machines, cloud resources, and cross-premises networks.

metadata:
  title: Load Balancer
  description: Learn how to use Azure Load Balancer to efficiently distribute traffic and improve application scalability. Explore quickstarts, tutorials, and how-to guides for deploying load balancers in virtual machines, cloud resources, and cross-premises networks.
  ms.service: azure-load-balancer
  ms.topic: landing-page
  author: mbender-ms
  ms.author: mbender
  ms.date: 01/09/2024
  ms.custom: engagement-fy23, seo-FY24Q2

# linkListType: architecture | concept | deploy | download | get-started | how-to-guide | learn | overview | quickstart | reference | tutorial | whats-new

landingContent:
# Cards and links should be based on top customer tasks or top subjects
# Start card title with a verb
  # Card (optional)
  - title: About Load Balancer
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: overview
        links:
          - text: What is Load Balancer?
            url: load-balancer-overview.md
          - text: What's new in Azure Load Balancer?
            url: whats-new.md
          - text: Load Balancer algorithm
            url: concepts.md
          - text: Load Balancer components
            url: components.md
          - text: Azure Updates - Load Balancer news
            url: https://azure.microsoft.com/updates/?category=networking&query=load%20balancer
          - text: Load Balancer SKUs
            url: skus.md
          - text: Load Balancer Pricing
            url: https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/load-balancer/
          - text: Upgrade guidance from basic to standard Load Balancer
            url: load-balancer-basic-upgrade-guidance.md
      - linkListType: learn
        links:
          - text: Introduction to Azure Load Balancer
            url: /training/modules/intro-to-azure-load-balancer/
          - text: Improve application scalability and resiliency by using Azure Load Balancer
            url: /training/modules/improve-app-scalability-resiliency-with-load-balancer/
      - linkListType: deploy
        links: 
          - text: Set up load balancing
            url: https://mslabs.cloudguides.com/en-us/guides/Azure%20Networking%20Solutions%20-%20Exercise%203

  # Card (optional)
  - title: Get started
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: quickstart
        links:
          - text: Create a public load balancer to load balance VMs
            url: quickstart-load-balancer-standard-public-portal.md
          - text: Create a internal load balancer to load balance VMs
            url: quickstart-load-balancer-standard-internal-portal.md
      - linkListType: tutorial
        links:
          - text: Load balance VMs across availability zones with a Standard Load Balancer
            url: ./quickstart-load-balancer-standard-public-portal.md
          - text: Configure port forwarding in Azure Load Balancer
            url: tutorial-load-balancer-port-forwarding-portal.md

  # Card
  - title: Deploy
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: concept
        links:
          - text: Standard Load Balancer and Availability Zones
            url: load-balancer-standard-availability-zones.md
          - text: Load Balancer with TCP Reset on Idle
            url: load-balancer-tcp-reset.md
      - linkListType: how-to-guide
        links:
          - text: Create a Load Balancer with zone-redundant frontend
            url: ./quickstart-load-balancer-standard-public-portal.md
          - text: Create a Load Balancer with zonal frontend
            url: ./quickstart-load-balancer-standard-public-portal.md
          - text: Load balancing on multiple IP configurations
            url: load-balancer-multiple-ip.md

  - title: Load Balancer architecture
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: concept
        links:
          - text: Load-balancing options
            url: /azure/architecture/guide/technology-choices/load-balancing-overview
          - text: Networking on Azure and AWS
            url: /azure/architecture/aws-professional/networking
          - text: Windows N-tier application on Azure
            url: /azure/architecture/reference-architectures/n-tier/n-tier-sql-server
          - text: Oracle database migration to Azure
            url: /azure/architecture/solution-ideas/articles/reference-architecture-for-oracle-database-migration-to-azure
    # Card
  # Card
  - title: Troubleshoot
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: concept
        links:
          - text: Standard Load Balancer diagnostics with metrics, alerts and resource health
            url: load-balancer-standard-diagnostics.md
          - text: Test reachability of Azure Load Balancer frontends
            url: load-balancer-test-frontend-reachability.md
          - text: Troubleshoot Azure Load Balancer
            url: load-balancer-troubleshoot.md
          - text: Common Azure Load Balancer errors
            url: load-balancer-common-deployment-errors.md
          - text: Resolve common outbound connection issues
            url: troubleshoot-outbound-connection.md
          - text: Health Probe status issues
            url: load-balancer-troubleshoot-health-probe-status.md  
          - text: Backend pool (VM) traffic
            url: load-balancer-troubleshoot-backend-traffic.md
      - linkListType: video
        links:
          - text: Build & monitor highly available apps with Azure Load Balancer
            url: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/video-hub/build-amp-monitor-highly-available-apps-w-azure-load-balancer/m-p/1703353

  - title: Manage features and options
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: concept
        links:
          - text: Load Balancer health probes
            url: load-balancer-custom-probe-overview.md
          - text: Outbound connections in Azure
            url: load-balancer-outbound-connections.md
          - text: Multiple Frontends for Azure Load Balancer
            url: load-balancer-multivip-overview.md
      - linkListType: how-to-guide
        links:
          - text: Create an Internet facing load balancer with IPv6 (PowerShell)
            url: load-balancer-ipv6-internet-ps.md
          - text: Configure TCP reset and idle timeout for Azure Load Balancer
            url: load-balancer-tcp-idle-timeout.md
          - text: Upgrade from Basic to Standard
            url: upgrade-basic-standard.md
      - linkListType: video
        links:
          - text: Deep dive into cross region load balancing
            url: https://aka.ms/WFH/DeepDive-CRLB         

  - title: Reference
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: reference
        links:
          - text: Azure PowerShell
            url: /powershell/module/az.network/#load_balancer
          - text: Azure CLI
            url: /cli/azure/network/lb
          - text: ARM templates
            url: /azure/templates/microsoft.network/loadbalancers#quickstart-templates
          - text: Frequently asked Load Balancer questions
            url: load-balancer-faqs.yml