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Add details of ECMP in Expressroute.
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> [!NOTE]
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> Although it is possible to connect up to 16 circuits to your virtual network, the outgoing traffic from your virtual network will be load-balanced using Equal-Cost Multipath (ECMP) across a maximum of 4 circuits.
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> [!NOTE]
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> Equal-Cost Multipath (ECMP) in ExpressRoute uses the Per-Destination (Per-Flow) Load Balancing method. In this method packets for a given source and destination host pairs are guaranteed to take the same path, even if multiple ECMP paths are available.
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### How do I ensure that my traffic destined for Azure Public services like Azure Storage and Azure SQL on Microsoft peering or public peering is preferred on the ExpressRoute path?
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You must implement the *Local Preference* attribute on your router(s) to ensure that the path from on-premises to Azure is always preferred on your ExpressRoute circuit(s).

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