If your WAP cluster sits behind a load balancer (NLB, Azure LB, F5, etc.), remove the node from the backend pool at this stage.
| Step | Task | Completed | |------|------|------------| | 1 | Drain connections & stop service | ☐ | | 2 | Remove from load balancer backend pool | ☐ | | 3 | Unpublish endpoint from AD FS | ☐ | | 4 | Uninstall Web-Application-Proxy role | ☐ | | 5 | Purge local config & certs | ☐ | | 6 | Sync config on remaining nodes | ☐ | | 7 | Validate external access | ☐ | | 8 | Update monitoring & docs | ☐ | remove web application proxy server from cluster