Merge pull request #281550 from mbender-ms/lb-freshness-aug-01

lb - freshness - July 2024

Author: prmerger-automator[bot]

articles/load-balancer/quickstart-load-balancer-standard-internal-cli.md

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Create a resource group with [az group create](/cli/azure/group#az-group-create)
 ```azurecli-interactive
     az group create \
       --name CreateIntLBQS-rg \
-      --location westus3
+      --location westus2
 ```
 
 When you create an internal load balancer, a virtual network is configured as the network for the load balancer.
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Create a virtual network by using [az network vnet create](/cli/azure/network/vn
 ```azurecli-interactive
   az network vnet create \
     --resource-group CreateIntLBQS-rg \
-    --location westus3 \
+    --location westus2 \
     --name myVNet \
     --address-prefixes 10.1.0.0/16 \
     --subnet-name myBackendSubnet \
@@ -88,12 +88,14 @@ az network vnet subnet create \
 Use [az network bastion create](/cli/azure/network/bastion#az-network-bastion-create) to create a host.
 
 ```azurecli-interactive
+az config set extension.use_dynamic_install=yes_without_prompt
+
 az network bastion create \
     --resource-group CreateIntLBQS-rg  \
     --name myBastionHost \
     --public-ip-address myBastionIP \
     --vnet-name myVNet \
-    --location westus3
+    --location westus2
 ```
 
 It can take a few minutes for the Azure Bastion host to deploy.
@@ -237,7 +239,7 @@ Create the virtual machines with [az vm create](/cli/azure/vm#az-vm-create).
     --resource-group CreateIntLBQS-rg \
     --name myVM$n \
     --nics myNicVM$n \
-    --image win2019datacenter \
+    --image win2022datacenter \
     --admin-username azureuser \
     --zone $n \
     --no-wait

articles/load-balancer/quickstart-load-balancer-standard-internal-powershell.md

@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@ description: This quickstart shows how to create an internal load balancer using
 author: mbender-ms
 ms.service: load-balancer
 ms.topic: quickstart
-ms.date: 05/31/2023
+ms.date: 07/23/2024
 ms.author: mbender
 ms.custom: devx-track-azurepowershell, mode-api, template-quickstart
 #Customer intent: I want to create a load balancer so that I can load balance internal traffic to VMs.
 ---
 
-# Quickstart: Create an internal load balancer to load balance VMs using Azure PowerShell
+# Quickstart: Create an internal load balancer to load balance virtual machines using Azure PowerShell
 
-Get started with Azure Load Balancer by using Azure PowerShell to create an internal load balancer and two virtual machines.Additional resources include Azure Bastion, NAT Gateway, a virtual network, and the required subnets.
+Get started with Azure Load Balancer creating an internal load balancer and two virtual machines with Azure PowerShell. Also, you deploy other resources including Azure Bastion, NAT Gateway, a virtual network, and the required subnets.
 
 :::image type="content" source="media/quickstart-load-balancer-standard-internal-portal/internal-load-balancer-resources.png" alt-text="Diagram of resources deployed for internal load balancer." lightbox="media/quickstart-load-balancer-standard-internal-portal/internal-load-balancer-resources.png":::
 
@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@ An Azure resource group is a logical container into which Azure resources are de
 Create a resource group with [New-AzResourceGroup](/powershell/module/az.resources/new-azresourcegroup).
 
 ```azurepowershell-interactive
-New-AzResourceGroup -Name 'CreateIntLBQS-rg' -Location 'eastus'
+$rg = @{
+    Name = 'CreateINTLBQS-rg'
+    Location = 'westus2'
+}
+New-AzResourceGroup @rg
 ```
 
 ## Configure virtual network
@@ -55,8 +59,8 @@ Use [New-AzPublicIpAddress](/powershell/module/az.network/new-azpublicipaddress)
 ## Create public IP address for NAT gateway and place IP in variable ##
 $gwpublicip = @{
     Name = 'myNATgatewayIP'
-    ResourceGroupName = 'CreateIntLBQS-rg'
-    Location = 'eastus'
+    ResourceGroupName = $rg.name
+    Location = 'westus2'
     Sku = 'Standard'
     AllocationMethod = 'static'
     Zone = 1,2,3
@@ -70,8 +74,8 @@ To create a zonal public IP address in zone 1, use the following command:
 ## Create a zonal public IP address for NAT gateway and place IP in variable ##
 $gwpublicip = @{
     Name = 'myNATgatewayIP'
-    ResourceGroupName = 'CreateIntLBQS-rg'
-    Location = 'eastus'
+    ResourceGroupName = $rg.name
+    Location = 'westus2'
     Sku = 'Standard'
     AllocationMethod = 'static'
     Zone = 1
@@ -101,11 +105,11 @@ $gwpublicip = New-AzPublicIpAddress @gwpublicip
 
 ## Create NAT gateway resource ##
 $nat = @{
-    ResourceGroupName = 'CreateIntLBQS-rg'
+    ResourceGroupName = $rg.name
     Name = 'myNATgateway'
     IdleTimeoutInMinutes = '10'
     Sku = 'Standard'
-    Location = 'eastus'
+    Location = 'westus2'
     PublicIpAddress = $gwpublicip
 }
 $natGateway = New-AzNatGateway @nat
@@ -128,8 +132,8 @@ $bastsubnetConfig = New-AzVirtualNetworkSubnetConfig @bastsubnet
 ## Create the virtual network ##
 $net = @{
     Name = 'myVNet'
-    ResourceGroupName = 'CreateIntLBQS-rg'
-    Location = 'eastus'
+    ResourceGroupName = $rg.name
+    Location = 'westus2'
     AddressPrefix = '10.1.0.0/16'
     Subnet = $subnetConfig,$bastsubnetConfig
 }
@@ -138,16 +142,16 @@ $vnet = New-AzVirtualNetwork @net
 ## Create public IP address for bastion host. ##
 $bastionip = @{
     Name = 'myBastionIP'
-    ResourceGroupName = 'CreateIntLBQS-rg'
-    Location = 'eastus'
+    ResourceGroupName = $rg.name
+    Location = 'westus2'
     Sku = 'Standard'
     AllocationMethod = 'Static'
 }
 $bastionip = New-AzPublicIpAddress @bastionip
 
 ## Create bastion host ##
 $bastion = @{
-    ResourceGroupName = 'CreateIntLBQS-rg'
+    ResourceGroupName = $rg.name
     Name = 'myBastion'
     PublicIpAddress = $bastionip
     VirtualNetwork = $vnet
@@ -172,8 +176,8 @@ $rule1 = New-AzNetworkSecurityRuleConfig @nsgrule
 ## Create network security group ##
 $nsg = @{
     Name = 'myNSG'
-    ResourceGroupName = 'CreateIntLBQS-rg'
-    Location = 'eastus'
+    ResourceGroupName = $rg.name
+    Location = 'westus2'
     SecurityRules = $rule1
 }
 New-AzNetworkSecurityGroup @nsg
@@ -197,7 +201,7 @@ This section details how you can create and configure the following components o
 ## Place virtual network created in previous step into a variable. ##
 $net = @{
     Name = 'myVNet'
-    ResourceGroupName = 'CreateIntLBQS-rg'
+    ResourceGroupName = $rg.name
 }
 $vnet = Get-AzVirtualNetwork @net
 
@@ -236,9 +240,9 @@ $rule = New-AzLoadBalancerRuleConfig @lbrule -EnableTcpReset
 
 ## Create the load balancer resource. ##
 $loadbalancer = @{
-    ResourceGroupName = 'CreateIntLBQS-rg'
+    ResourceGroupName = $rg.name
     Name = 'myLoadBalancer'
-    Location = 'eastus'
+    Location = 'westus2'
     Sku = 'Standard'
     FrontendIpConfiguration = $feip
     BackendAddressPool = $bePool
@@ -276,32 +280,32 @@ $cred = Get-Credential
 ## Place virtual network created in previous step into a variable. ##
 $net = @{
     Name = 'myVNet'
-    ResourceGroupName = 'CreateIntLBQS-rg'
+    ResourceGroupName = $rg.name
 }
 $vnet = Get-AzVirtualNetwork @net
 
 ## Place the load balancer into a variable. ##
 $lb = @{
     Name = 'myLoadBalancer'
-    ResourceGroupName = 'CreateIntLBQS-rg'
+    ResourceGroupName = $rg.name
 }
 $bepool = Get-AzLoadBalancer @lb  | Get-AzLoadBalancerBackendAddressPoolConfig
 
 ## Place the network security group into a variable. ##
-$sg = {
+$sg = @{
     Name = 'myNSG'
-    ResourceGroupName = 'CreateIntLBQS-rg' @sg
+    ResourceGroupName = $rg.name
 }
-$nsg = Get-AzNetworkSecurityGroup 
+$nsg = Get-AzNetworkSecurityGroup @sg
 
 ## For loop with variable to create virtual machines for load balancer backend pool. ##
 for ($i=1; $i -le 2; $i++)
 {
     ## Command to create network interface for VMs ##
     $nic = @{
     Name = "myNicVM$i"
-    ResourceGroupName = 'CreateIntLBQS-rg'
-    Location = 'eastus'
+    ResourceGroupName = $rg.name
+    Location = 'westus2'
     Subnet = $vnet.Subnets[0]
     NetworkSecurityGroup = $nsg
     LoadBalancerBackendAddressPool = $bepool
@@ -330,8 +334,8 @@ for ($i=1; $i -le 2; $i++)
 
     ## Create the virtual machine for VMs ##
     $vm = @{
-        ResourceGroupName = 'CreateIntLBQS-rg'
-        Location = 'eastus'
+        ResourceGroupName = $rg.name
+        Location = 'westus2'
         VM = $vmConfig
         Zone = "$i"
     }
@@ -370,9 +374,9 @@ for ($i=1; $i -le 2; $i++)
         Publisher = 'Microsoft.Compute'
         ExtensionType = 'CustomScriptExtension'
         ExtensionName = 'IIS'
-        ResourceGroupName = 'CreateIntLBQS-rg'
+        ResourceGroupName = $rg.name
         VMName = "myVM$i"
-        Location = 'eastus'
+        Location = 'westus2'
         TypeHandlerVersion = '1.8'
         SettingString = '{"commandToExecute":"powershell Add-WindowsFeature Web-Server; powershell Add-Content -Path \"C:\\inetpub\\wwwroot\\Default.htm\" -Value $($env:computername)"}'
     }
@@ -414,22 +418,22 @@ $cred = Get-Credential
 ## Place the virtual network into a variable. ##
 $net = @{
     Name = 'myVNet'
-    ResourceGroupName = 'CreateIntLBQS-rg'
+    ResourceGroupName = $rg.name
 }
 $vnet = Get-AzVirtualNetwork @net
 
 ## Place the network security group into a variable. ##
-$sg = {
+$sg = @{
     Name = 'myNSG'
-    ResourceGroupName = 'CreateIntLBQS-rg' @sg
+    ResourceGroupName = $rg.name 
 }
-$nsg = Get-AzNetworkSecurityGroup
+$nsg = Get-AzNetworkSecurityGroup @sg
 
 ## Command to create network interface for VM ##
 $nic = @{
     Name = "myNicTestVM"
-    ResourceGroupName = 'CreateIntLBQS-rg'
-    Location = 'eastus'
+    ResourceGroupName = $rg.name
+    Location = 'westus2'
     Subnet = $vnet.Subnets[0]
     NetworkSecurityGroup = $nsg
 }
@@ -457,8 +461,8 @@ $vmConfig = New-AzVMConfig @vmsz `
 
 ## Create the virtual machine for VMs ##
 $vm = @{
-    ResourceGroupName = 'CreateIntLBQS-rg'
-    Location = 'eastus'
+    ResourceGroupName = $rg.name
+    Location = 'westus2'
     VM = $vmConfig
 }
 New-AzVM @vm
@@ -491,7 +495,7 @@ To see the load balancer distribute traffic across all three VMs, you can force-
 When no longer needed, you can use the [Remove-AzResourceGroup](/powershell/module/az.resources/remove-azresourcegroup) command to remove the resource group, load balancer, and the remaining resources.
 
 ```azurepowershell-interactive
-Remove-AzResourceGroup -Name 'CreateIntLBQS-rg'
+Remove-AzResourceGroup -Name $rg.name
 ```
 
 ## Next steps