title: Why won't root domains in Azure Traffic Manager load balance or fail over?
body: <p>Simply put:</p>
  
  <p>I have a domain called <code>erik.com</code>, two azure websites (<code>east</code> and <code>west</code>), and one traffic manager that is setup to manage the two azure websites.</p>
  
  <p>When I take <code>east</code> offline (by throwing a non-2** status code) <code>erik.com</code> goes offline. This should not be the case! Right?</p>
  
  <p>However, when I add a sub domain to the two azure websites (<code>www.erik.com</code>) then it works! I take one <strong>or</strong> the other offline and the traffic manager resolves to the available website.</p>
  
  <p>I'm hearing/reading things that tell me that Traffic manager doesn't work with root domains like that... Say what?! Why?</p>