Azure DNS now provides DNS based load balancing by seamless integration with Azure Traffic Manager. Customers can directly associate an Azure DNS record set with a Traffic Manager profile, eliminating the need to create a CNAME record pointing to the trafficmanager.net domain.
Azure update ID: 573917
Published: Oct 19, 2026
Status: Launched
Timeline: October 2026 General Availability
Product: Azure DNS, Traffic Manager
Tag: Features
Category: Networking, Management and governance
This integration reduces DNS lookup latency by removing the additional CNAME lookup and enables DNSSEC compatibility for load-balanced records by removing the unsigned trafficmanager.net domain from the DNS resolution chain.