AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator Full Course - Traffic Manager: Performance Routing

The video tutorial explains how to manage traffic across multiple data centers to ensure users are routed to the nearest endpoint for optimal responsiveness. It introduces the performance routing method, which uses network latency rather than geographical distance to determine the closest endpoint. The traffic manager utilizes an Internet latency table to track round trip times between IP address ranges and Azure data centers. DNS requests are processed using the IP address of the recursive DNS service to find the best endpoint. The tutorial concludes with a brief mention of geographic routing, which will be covered in the next lesson.

Why is it important to route users to the nearest data center?

• To improve data security

• To reduce server load

• To ensure high responsiveness and low latency

• To increase geographical distance

What does the performance routing method prioritize when routing traffic?

• Geographical distance

• Data encryption

• Network latency

• Server capacity

What tool does the traffic manager use to track network latency?

• Geographical map

• Data encryption tool

• Server load balancer

• Internet latency table

Which IP address is used by the traffic manager to determine the closest endpoint?

• Data center's IP address

• Client's IP address

• Server's IP address

• Recursive DNS service's IP address

Why is the recursive DNS service's IP address a good proxy for the client?

• It is faster to process

• It is always the same as the client's IP

• It is located in the same geographical region

• It provides a reliable approximation of the client's location