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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

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

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ ms.custom: devx-track-azurepowershell, mode-api, template-quickstart, engagement
 
 # Quickstart: Create a public load balancer to load balance VMs using Azure PowerShell
 
-Get started with Azure Load Balancer by using Azure PowerShell to create a public load balancer and two virtual machines. Other resources include Azure Bastion, NAT Gateway, a virtual network, and the required subnets.
+Get started with Azure Load Balancer by using Azure PowerShell to create a public load balancer and two virtual machines. 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-public-portal/public-load-balancer-resources.png" alt-text="Diagram of resources deployed for a standard public load balancer." lightbox="media/quickstart-load-balancer-standard-public-portal/public-load-balancer-resources.png":::
 ## Prerequisites

articles/load-balancer/tutorial-cross-region-cli.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ author: mbender-ms
 ms.author: mbender
 ms.service: load-balancer
 ms.topic: tutorial
-ms.date: 06/27/2023
+ms.date: 07/23/2024
 ms.custom: template-tutorial, devx-track-azurecli, engagement-fy23
 ROBOTS: NOINDEX
 #Customer intent: As a administrator, I want to deploy a cross-region load balancer for global high availability of my application or service.
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ az login
 ``````
 ## Create cross-region load balancer
 
-In this section, you'll create a cross-region load balancer, public IP address, and load balancing rule.
+In this section, you create a cross-region load balancer, public IP address, and load balancing rule.
 
 ### Create a resource group
 
@@ -112,14 +112,14 @@ Create a load balancer rule with [az network cross-region-lb rule create](/cli/a
 
 ## Create backend pool
 
-In this section, you'll add two regional standard load balancers to the backend pool of the cross-region load balancer.
+In this section, you add two regional standard load balancers to the backend pool of the cross-region load balancer.
 
 > [!IMPORTANT]
 > To complete these steps, ensure that two regional load balancers with backend pools have been deployed in your subscription.  For more information, see, **[Quickstart: Create a public load balancer to load balance VMs using Azure CLI](quickstart-load-balancer-standard-public-cli.md)**.
 
 ### Add the regional frontends to load balancer
 
-In this section, you'll place the resource IDs of two regional load balancers frontends into variables.  You'll then use the variables to add the frontends to the backend address pool of the cross-region load balancer.
+In this section, you place the resource IDs of two regional load balancers frontends into variables, and then use the variables to add the frontends to the backend address pool of the cross-region load balancer.
 
 Retrieve the resource IDs with [az network lb frontend-ip show](/cli/azure/network/lb/frontend-ip#az-network-lb-frontend-ip-show).
 
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ Use [az network cross-region-lb address-pool address add](/cli/azure/network/cro
 
 ## Test the load balancer
 
-In this section, you'll test the cross-region load balancer. You'll connect to the public IP address in a web browser.  You'll stop the virtual machines in one of the regional load balancer backend pools and observe the failover.
+In this section, you test the cross-region load balancer. You connect to the public IP address in a web browser.  You stop the virtual machines in one of the regional load balancer backend pools and observe the failover.
 
 1. To get the public IP address of the load balancer, use [az network public-ip show](/cli/azure/network/public-ip#az-network-public-ip-show):
 

articles/load-balancer/tutorial-cross-region-powershell.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ author: mbender-ms
 ms.author: mbender
 ms.service: load-balancer
 ms.topic: tutorial
-ms.date: 06/27/2023 
+ms.date: 07/23/2023
 ms.custom: devx-track-azurepowershell, template-tutorial, engagement-fy23
 ROBOTS: NOINDEX
 #Customer intent: As a administrator, I want to deploy a cross-region load balancer for global high availability of my application or service.
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ If you don’t have an Azure subscription, create a [free account](https://azure
 - An Azure subscription.
 - Two **standard** sku Azure Load Balancers with backend pools deployed in two different Azure regions.
     - For information on creating a regional standard load balancer and virtual machines for backend pools, see [Quickstart: Create a public load balancer to load balance VMs using Azure PowerShell](quickstart-load-balancer-standard-public-powershell.md).
-        - Append the name of the load balancers and virtual machines in each region with a **-R1** and **-R2**. 
 - Azure PowerShell installed locally or Azure Cloud Shell.
 
 
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ New-AzResourceGroup @rg
 
 ### Create cross-region load balancer resources
 
-In this section, you'll create the resources needed for the cross-region load balancer.
+In this section, you create the resources needed for the cross-region load balancer.
 
 A global standard sku public IP is used for the frontend of the cross-region load balancer.
 
@@ -124,7 +123,7 @@ $lb = New-AzLoadBalancer @lbp`
 
 ## Configure backend pool
 
-In this section, you'll add two regional standard load balancers to the backend pool of the cross-region load balancer.
+In this section, you add two regional standard load balancers to the backend pool of the cross-region load balancer.
 
 > [!IMPORTANT]
 > To complete these steps, ensure that two regional load balancers with backend pools have been deployed in your subscription.  For more information, see, **[Quickstart: Create a public load balancer to load balance VMs using Azure PowerShell](quickstart-load-balancer-standard-public-powershell.md)**.
@@ -191,7 +190,7 @@ Set-AzLoadBalancerBackendAddressPool @bepoolcr
 
 ## Test the load balancer
 
-In this section, you'll test the cross-region load balancer. You'll connect to the public IP address in a web browser.  You'll stop the virtual machines in one of the regional load balancer backend pools and observe the failover.
+In this section, you test the cross-region load balancer. You connect to the public IP address in a web browser.  You stop the virtual machines in one of the regional load balancer backend pools and observe the failover.
 
 1. Use [Get-AzPublicIpAddress](/powershell/module/az.network/get-azpublicipaddress) to get the public IP address of the load balancer: