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Author: Cynthia Nottingham

articles/virtual-machine-scale-sets/virtual-machine-scale-sets-use-availability-zones.md

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 ### Zone balancing
 
-Finally, for scale sets deployed across multiple zones, you also have the option of choosing "best effort zone balance" or "strict zone balance". A scale set is considered "balanced" if each zone the same number of VMs or +\- 1 VMs in all other zones for the scale set. For example:
+Finally, for scale sets deployed across multiple zones, you also have the option of choosing "best effort zone balance" or "strict zone balance". A scale set is considered "balanced" if each zone the same number of VMs or +\\- 1 VM in all other zones for the scale set. For example:
 
 - A scale set with 2 VMs in zone 1, 3 VMs in zone 2, and 3 VMs in zone 3 is considered balanced. There is only one zone with a different VM count and it is only 1 less than the other zones. 
 - A scale set with 1 VM in zone 1, 3 VMs in zone 2, and 3 VMs in zone 3 is considered unbalanced. Zone 1 has 2 fewer VMs than zones 2 and 3.