Windows Azure Traffic Manager Basics

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I'm working on azure project and came across Azure Traffic Manager. Could someone please help me few question below:

  1. Is Traffic Manager same as load balancer?

  2. Do we need to create Traffic Manager manually or created automatically on webrole deploy.

  3. How do I configure Traffic Manager with new Azure Mgt. Portal?

  4. What is the main purpose of Poll State, as it says offline but I can still access using trafic manager url.

  5. When we get proper CNAME, should CNAME point to this Traffic manager or url provided on Cloud Service > Dashboard?

Thanks.

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Is Traffic Manager same as load balancer?

It can be used for failover or load balancing, although only in a round robin way. Have a look here.

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/traffic-manager-overview/

Do we need to create Traffic Manager manually or created automatically on webrole deploy. You need to create it manually.

How do I configure Traffic Manager with new Azure Mgt. Portal?

Currently I believe you can only do it in the old portal.

What is the main purpose of Poll State, as it says offline but I can still access using trafic manager url.

Again easier to read this. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/traffic-manager-overview/

When we get proper CNAME, should CNAME point to this Traffic manager or url provided on Cloud Service > Dashboard?

If you want to use traffic manager to manage the traffic you point your CName to the traffic manager url.