To use Traffic Manager, you must configure application proxy. The configuration steps that follow refer to these URL definitions:
- **Regional URL**. The application proxy endpoints for each app. For example, `nam.contoso.com` and `india.contoso.com`.
- **Alternate URL**: The URL configured for the Traffic Manager solution. For example, `contoso.com`.
To configure application proxy for Traffic Manager:
1. Assign each app to its respective connector group.
1. If you prefer the alternate URL to be maintained throughout the user session, register each app and add the URL as a reply URL. This step is optional.
1. In the Traffic Manager solution, add the regional URLs for application proxy that you created for each app as an endpoint.
1. Configure the Traffic Manager solution's load-balancing rules with a standard license.
| **Internal URL** | `contoso.com` | `contoso.com` | If the apps are hosted in different regions, you can use the same internal URL for each app. |
| **External URL** | `nam.contoso.com` | `india.contoso.com` | Configure a custom domain for each app. |
| **Custom domain certificate** | Domain Name System (DNS): `nam.contoso.com`<br> SAN: `www.contoso.com` | DNS: `india.contoso.com`<br> SAN: `www.contoso.com` | In the certificate that you upload for each app, set the SAN value to the alternate URL. The alternate URL is the URL that all users use to reach the app. |
| **Connector group** | North America Geo Group | India Geo Group | Ensure you that assign each app to the correct connector group by using the geo-routing functionality. |
| **Redirects** | (Optional) To maintain redirects for the alternate URL, add the application registration for the app. | (Optional) To maintain redirects for the alternate URL, add the application registration for the app. | This step is required if the alternate URL `www.contoso.com` will be maintained for all redirections. |
| **Reply URL** | `www.contoso.com` | `www.contoso.com` | |
To use Traffic Manager, you must configure application proxy. The configuration steps that follow refer to these URL definitions:
- **Regional URL**: The application proxy endpoints for each app. For example, `nam.contoso.com` and `india.contoso.com`.
- **Alternate URL**: The URL configured for the Traffic Manager solution. For example, `contoso.com`.
To configure application proxy for Traffic Manager:
1. Assign each app to its respective connector group.
1. If you prefer the alternate URL to be maintained throughout the user session, register each app and add the URL as a reply URL. This step is optional.
1. In the Traffic Manager solution, add the regional URLs for application proxy that you created for each app as endpoints.
1. Configure the Traffic Manager solution's load-balancing rules with a standard license.
| **Internal URL** | `contoso.com` | `contoso.com` | If the apps are hosted in different regions, you can use the same internal URL for each app. |
| **External URL** | `nam.contoso.com` | `india.contoso.com` | Configure a custom domain for each app. |
| **Custom domain certificate** | Domain Name System (DNS): `nam.contoso.com`<br> SAN: `www.contoso.com` | DNS: `india.contoso.com`<br> SAN: `www.contoso.com` | In the certificate that you upload for each app, set the SAN value to the alternate URL. The alternate URL is the URL that all users use to reach the app. |
| **Connector group** | North America Geo Group | India Geo Group | Ensure that you assign each app to the correct connector group by using the geo-routing functionality. |
| **Redirects** | (Optional) To maintain redirects for the alternate URL, add the application registration for the app. | (Optional) To maintain redirects for the alternate URL, add the application registration for the app. | This step is required if the alternate URL `www.contoso.com` will be maintained for all redirections. |
| **Reply URL** | `www.contoso.com` | `www.contoso.com` | |