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### 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: 01/28/2026
  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: Learn about Azure Load Balancer
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: overview
        links:
          - text: What is Azure Load Balancer?
            url: /azure/load-balancer/load-balancer-overview
          - text: Choose a load balancer
            url: /azure/architecture/guide/technology-choices/load-balancing-overview
          - text: Azure Load Balancer SKUs
            url: /azure/load-balancer/skus
          - text: Reliability in Load Balancer
            url: /azure/reliability/reliability-load-balancer

      - linkListType: learn
        links:
          - text: Introduction to Azure Load Balancer
            url: /training/modules/intro-to-azure-load-balancer/
          - text: Set up load balancing
            url: https://mslabs.cloudguides.com/en-us/guides/Azure%20Networking%20Solutions%20-%20Exercise%203

  # Card (optional)
  - title: Concepts and Architecture
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: concept
        links:
          - text: Load-balancing options
            url: /azure/architecture/guide/technology-choices/load-balancing-overview
          - text: Architecture best practices for Azure Load Balancer
            url: /azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-load-balancer
          - text: Azure Load Balancer algorithm
            url: /azure/load-balancer/concepts
          - text: Gateway load balancer overview
            url: /azure/load-balancer/gateway-overview
          - text: Azure Load Balancer components
            url: /azure/load-balancer/components
      - linkListType: architecture
        links:
          - text: Deploy highly available NVAs
            url: /azure/architecture/networking/guide/nva-ha
  # Card
  - title: Plan and deploy
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: concept
        links:
          - text: Azure Load Balancer distribution modes
            url: /azure/load-balancer/distribution-mode-concepts
          - text: Outbound connections in Azure Load Balancer
            url: /azure/load-balancer/load-balancer-outbound-connections
      - linkListType: quickstart
        links:
          - text: Create a public load balancer to load balance VMs
            url: /azure/load-balancer/quickstart-load-balancer-standard-public-portal
          - text: Create an internal load balancer to load balance VMs
            url: /azure/load-balancer/quickstart-load-balancer-standard-internal-portal
      - linkListType: tutorial
        links:
          - text: Load balance VMs across availability zones with a Standard Load Balancer
            url: /azure/load-balancer/quickstart-load-balancer-standard-public-portal
  # Card
  - title: Manage and monitor
    linkLists:
        - linkListType: concept
          links:
          - text: Monitor Azure Load Balancer
            url: /azure/load-balancer/monitor-load-balancer
          - text: Standard load balancer diagnostics
            url: /azure/load-balancer/load-balancer-standard-diagnostics
        - linkListType: how-to-guide
          links:
          - text: Manage health probes for Azure Load Balancer
            url: /azure/load-balancer/manage-probes-how-to
          - text: Upgrade from Basic to Standard Load Balancer
            url: /azure/load-balancer/upgrade-basic-standard-with-powershell

  # Card
  - title: Reliability and availability
    linkLists:
        - linkListType: concept
          links:
          - text: Reliability in Load Balancer
            url: /azure/reliability/reliability-load-balancer
          - text: Cross-region load balancing
            url: /azure/load-balancer/cross-region-overview
          - text: Reliability and Azure Load Balancer - Well-Architected Framework
            url: /azure/well-architected/service-guides/azure-load-balancer/reliability
        - linkListType: learn
          links:
          - text: Improve application scalability and resiliency by using Azure Load Balancer
            url: /training/modules/improve-app-scalability-resiliency-with-load-balancer/
        - linkListType: video
          links:
          - text: Deep dive into cross-region load balancing
            url: https://aka.ms/WFH/DeepDive-CRLB
  - title: Security and compliance
    linkLists:
        - linkListType: concept
          links:
          - text: Azure security baseline for Azure Load Balancer
            url: /security/benchmark/azure/baselines/azure-load-balancer-security-baseline
          - text: Implement a secure hybrid network
            url: /azure/architecture/reference-architectures/dmz/secure-vnet-dmz
        - linkListType: how-to-guide
          links:
          - text: Integrate Azure Firewall with Azure Standard Load Balancer
            url: /azure/firewall/integrate-lb
  # Card
  - title: Troubleshoot
    linkLists:
        - linkListType: how-to-guide
          links:
          - text: Troubleshoot Azure Load Balancer
            url: /azure/load-balancer/load-balancer-troubleshoot
          - text: Testing reachability of Azure Load Balancer
            url: /azure/load-balancer/load-balancer-test-frontend-reachability
          - text: Troubleshoot Azure Load Balancer health probe status
            url: /azure/load-balancer/load-balancer-troubleshoot-health-probe-status
  # Card
  - title: Related load balancing and content delivery services
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: get-started
        links:
          - text: What is Load Balancing and Content Delivery?
            url: /azure/networking/load-balancer-content-delivery/load-balancing-content-delivery-overview
          - text: Learn more about load balancing and content delivery
            url: /azure/networking/load-balancer-content-delivery/
      - linkListType: overview
        links:
          - text: Azure Front Door overview
            url: /azure/frontdoor/front-door-overview
          - text: Azure Application Gateway overview
            url: /azure/application-gateway/overview