Traffic Manager is an essential component of any resilient deployment within Azure. Whether you have a multi-region behemoth, or simply want a simple way to activate DR instances should the primary go down, Traffic Manager has a configuration for you. One key component of Traffic Manager is its probes—by frequently checking the status of your application, Traffic Manager can make intelligent decisions about where to direct the traffic. As with all services, there are a specific set of IP addresses from which the probes will originate.

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I have recently had the pleasure (You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.) of deploying Logic App workflows on a Logic App (Standard) instance. For those not familiar with Logic App (Standard), they are the single-tenant instance of Logic Apps. They provide the ability to host your workflows within a virtual network, something that cannot be done with a consumption Logic App.

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