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articles/load-balancer/load-balancer-tcp-idle-timeout.md

@@ -7,16 +7,14 @@ author: mbender-ms
 ms.service: load-balancer
 ms.topic: how-to
 ms.workload: infrastructure-services
-ms.date: 12/05/2022
+ms.date: 02/06/2024
 ms.author: mbender
 ms.custom: template-how-to
 ---
 
 # Configure TCP reset and idle timeout for Azure Load Balancer
 
-Azure Load Balancer has a 4 minutes to 100 minutes timeout range for Load Balancer rules, Outbound Rules, and Inbound NAT rules.
-
-By default, it's set to 4 minutes. If a period of inactivity is longer than the timeout value, there's no guarantee that the TCP or HTTP session is maintained between the client and your service. 
+Azure Load Balancer rules have a default timeout range of 4 minutes to 100 minutes for Load Balancer rules, Outbound Rules, and Inbound NAT rules. The default setting is 4 minutes. If a period of inactivity is longer than the timeout value, there's no guarantee that the TCP or HTTP session is maintained between the client and your service. 
 
 The following sections describe how to change idle timeout and tcp reset settings for load balancer resources.
 
@@ -27,26 +25,20 @@ The following sections describe how to change idle timeout and tcp reset setting
 To set the idle timeout and tcp reset for a load balancer, edit the load-balanced rule. 
 
 1. Sign in to the [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com).
+1. In the left-hand menu, select **Resource groups**.
+1. Select the resource group for your load balancer. In this example, the resource group is named **myResourceGroup**.
+1. Select your load balancer. In this example, the load balancer is named **myLoadBalancer**.
+1. In **Settings**, select **Load balancing rules**.
 
-2. In the left-hand menu, select **Resource groups**.
-
-3. Select the resource group for your load balancer. In this example, the resource group is named **myResourceGroup**.
-
-4. Select your load balancer. In this example, the load balancer is named **myLoadBalancer**.
-
-5. In **Settings**, select **Load balancing rules**.
-
-     :::image type="content" source="./media/load-balancer-tcp-idle-timeout/portal-lb-rules.png" alt-text="Edit load balancer rules." border="true" lightbox="./media/load-balancer-tcp-idle-timeout/portal-lb-rules.png":::
-
-6. Select your load-balancing rule. In this example, the load-balancing rule is named **myLBrule**.
-
-7. In the load-balancing rule, move the slider in **Idle timeout (minutes)** to your timeout value.  
+    :::image type="content" source="./media/load-balancer-tcp-idle-timeout/portal-lb-rules.png" alt-text="Edit load balancer rules." border="true" lightbox="./media/load-balancer-tcp-idle-timeout/portal-lb-rules.png":::
 
-8. Under **TCP reset**, select **Enabled**.
+1. Select your load-balancing rule. In this example, the load-balancing rule is named **myLBrule**.
+1. In the load-balancing rule, move the slider in **Idle timeout (minutes)** to your timeout value.  
+1. Under **TCP reset**, select **Enabled**.
 
-   :::image type="content" source="./media/load-balancer-tcp-idle-timeout/portal-lb-rules-tcp-reset.png" alt-text="Set idle timeout and tcp reset." border="true" lightbox="./media/load-balancer-tcp-idle-timeout/portal-lb-rules-tcp-reset.png":::
+  :::image type="content" source="./media/load-balancer-tcp-idle-timeout/portal-lb-rules-tcp-reset.png" alt-text="Set idle timeout and tcp reset." border="true" lightbox="./media/load-balancer-tcp-idle-timeout/portal-lb-rules-tcp-reset.png":::
 
-9. Select **Save**.
+1. Select **Save**.
 
 # [**PowerShell**](#tab/tcp-reset-idle-powershell)