# WhiteBoard Wednesday: Address, Service, and Content Check Monitors

**URL:** <https://community.f5.com/t/whiteboard-wednesday-address-service-and-content-check-monitors/66120>\
**Category:** F5 Technical Articles\
**Tags:** big-ip-dns, big-ip, wbw, monitors, ltm, application-delivery\
**Created:** [November 19, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/whiteboard-wednesday-address-service-and-content-check-monitors/66120 "2014-11-19T20:22:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![ltwagnon](https://d1p9zq3aats0t8.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.f5.com/ltwagnon/32/19133_2.png) [@ltwagnon](https://community.f5.com/u/ltwagnon)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/whiteboard-wednesday-address-service-and-content-check-monitors/66120/1 "2014-11-19T20:22:00Z")

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Our “WhiteBoard Wednesday” video series will highlight really cool and exciting features of the BIG-IP. &nbsp;In this video, I take a few minutes to&nbsp;explain the differences among address check, service check, and content check monitors. &nbsp;I also give some examples of when to use these monitors for your web applications. &nbsp;Enjoy!