Exam AZ-400 topic 9 question 30 discussion

To configure Azure Traffic Manager profile ATM1 to route all traffic from Asia to an endpoint in Australia, you should perform the following three actions in sequence from the Azure portal: Delete all the existing endpoints. Configure geographic routing. Add new endpoints that have geographic region mapping. Here's the explanation for each step: Delete all the existing endpoints: First, you need to remove the current endpoints that are configured for performance-based routing. This is necessary because you're changing the routing method from performance to geographic. Configure geographic routing: Change the routing method of ATM1 from performance to geographic. The Geographic routing method allows you to direct users to specific endpoints based on where their DNS queries originate from geographically. Add new endpoints that have geographic region mapping: Create new endpoints and map them to specific geographic regions. In this case, you would add an endpoint in Australia and map it to the Asia region. This ensures that all traffic originating from Asia is directed to the Australian endpoint.

The answer is correct! "All the endpoints under a profile with geographic routing need to have at least one region mapped to it. To convert an existing profile to geographic routing type, you first need to associate geographic regions to all its endpoints using the Azure Traffic Manager REST API before changing the routing type to geographic. If using portal, first delete the endpoints, change the routing method of the profile to geographic and then add the endpoints along with their geographic region mapping." https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/traffic-manager-faqs#why-am-i-getting-an-error-when-i-try-to-change-the-routing-method-of-an-existing-profile-to-geographic

So that maintainer service availability: Configure geographic routing Add new endpoints that have geographic region mapping. Delete all the existing endpoints.