Expert knowledge for Azure Traffic Manager development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when configuring profiles/endpoints, routing methods, RUM scripts, nested profiles, or Traffic View analytics, 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 Network (use azure-virtual-network), Azure Virtual WAN (use azure-virtual-wan).
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Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation.
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Azure Traffic Manager Skill
This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Traffic Manager. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.
How to Use This Skill
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
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
This skill requires network access to fetch documentation content:
Preferred: Use mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch with query string from=learn-agent-skill. Returns Markdown.
Fallback: Use fetch_webpage with query string from=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown. Returns Markdown.
Category Index
Category
Lines
Description
Troubleshooting
L35-L39
Testing Traffic Manager routing behavior, verifying endpoint health, and diagnosing/fixing degraded profiles, misconfigurations, and routing issues.
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
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
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.
Security
L59-L63
Best practices for securely configuring Traffic Manager profiles, endpoints, access controls, and monitoring to protect traffic routing and DNS-based load balancing.
Configuration
L64-L85
Configuring Traffic Manager profiles, endpoints, routing methods (weighted, geographic, subnet, multivalue), DNS/IPv6, monitoring/logs, and using ARM, Bicep, Terraform, CLI, and PowerShell.
Integrations & Coding Patterns
L86-L90
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.
Troubleshooting
Topic
URL
Verify and test Azure Traffic Manager routing configuration