| [Outbound connections](../articles/load-balancer/load-balancer-outbound-connections.md) | You can explicitly define pool-based outbound NAT with [outbound rules](../articles/load-balancer/load-balancer-outbound-rules-overview.md). You can use multiple front ends with per load-balancing rule opt-out. An outbound scenario _must_ be explicitly created for the virtual machine, availability set, or virtual machine scale set to use outbound connectivity. Virtual network service endpoints can be reached without defining outbound connectivity and don't count towards data processed. Any public IP addresses, including Azure PaaS services not available as virtual network service endpoints, must be reached by using outbound connectivity and count towards data processed. When only an internal Load Balancer serves virtual machine, availability set, or virtual machine scale set, outbound connections over default SNAT aren't available. Use [outbound rules](../articles/load-balancer/load-balancer-outbound-rules-overview.md) instead. Outbound SNAT programming depends on the transport protocol of the inbound load-balancing rule. | Single front end, selected at random when multiple front ends are present. When only internal Load Balancer serves a virtual machine, availability set, or virtual machine scale set, default SNAT is used. |
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