diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Azure.SignalR.Common/Endpoints/EndpointRoutingMode.cs b/src/Microsoft.Azure.SignalR.Common/Endpoints/EndpointRoutingMode.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aefa0202d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Azure.SignalR.Common/Endpoints/EndpointRoutingMode.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+
+namespace Microsoft.Azure.SignalR
+{
+    public enum EndpointRoutingMode
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        ///  Choose endpoint randomly by weight. 
+        ///  The weight is defined as (the remaining connection quota / the connection capacity).
+        ///  This is the default mode.
+        /// </summary>
+        Weighted,
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Choose the endpoint with least connection count.
+        /// This mode distributes connections evenly among endpoints.
+        /// </summary>
+        LeastConnection,
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Choose the endpoint randomly
+        /// </summary>
+        Random,
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Azure.SignalR/EndpointRouters/DefaultEndpointRouter.cs b/src/Microsoft.Azure.SignalR/EndpointRouters/DefaultEndpointRouter.cs
index 5f98d718b..c185fccb3 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Azure.SignalR/EndpointRouters/DefaultEndpointRouter.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Azure.SignalR/EndpointRouters/DefaultEndpointRouter.cs
@@ -6,29 +6,41 @@
 using System.Linq;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
 using Microsoft.Azure.SignalR.Common;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
 
 namespace Microsoft.Azure.SignalR
 {
     internal class DefaultEndpointRouter : DefaultMessageRouter, IEndpointRouter
     {
+        private readonly EndpointRoutingMode _mode;
+
+        public DefaultEndpointRouter(IOptions<ServiceOptions> options)
+        {
+            _mode = options?.Value.EndpointRoutingMode ?? EndpointRoutingMode.Weighted;
+        }
+        
         /// <summary>
-        /// Randomly select from the available endpoints
+        /// Select an endpoint for negotiate request according to the mode
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="context">The http context of the incoming request</param>
         /// <param name="endpoints">All the available endpoints</param>
-        /// <returns></returns>
         public ServiceEndpoint GetNegotiateEndpoint(HttpContext context, IEnumerable<ServiceEndpoint> endpoints)
         {
             // get primary endpoints snapshot
             var availableEndpoints = GetNegotiateEndpoints(endpoints);
-            return GetEndpointAccordingToWeight(availableEndpoints);
+            return _mode switch
+            {
+                EndpointRoutingMode.Random => GetEndpointRandomly(availableEndpoints),
+                EndpointRoutingMode.LeastConnection => GetEndpointWithLeastConnection(availableEndpoints),
+                _ => GetEndpointAccordingToWeight(availableEndpoints),
+            };
         }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Only primary endpoints will be returned by client /negotiate
         /// If no primary endpoint is available, promote one secondary endpoint
         /// </summary>
-        /// <returns>The availbale endpoints</returns>
+        /// <returns>The available endpoints</returns>
         private ServiceEndpoint[] GetNegotiateEndpoints(IEnumerable<ServiceEndpoint> endpoints)
         {
             var primary = endpoints.Where(s => s.Online && s.EndpointType == EndpointType.Primary).ToArray();
@@ -49,8 +61,7 @@ private ServiceEndpoint[] GetNegotiateEndpoints(IEnumerable<ServiceEndpoint> end
 
         /// <summary>
         ///  Choose endpoint randomly by weight. 
-        ///  The weight is defined as the remaining connection quota.
-        ///  The least weight is set to 1. So instance with no connection quota still has chance.
+        ///  The weight is defined as (the remaining connection quota / the connection capacity).
         /// </summary>
         private ServiceEndpoint GetEndpointAccordingToWeight(ServiceEndpoint[] availableEndpoints)
         {
@@ -69,7 +80,7 @@ private ServiceEndpoint GetEndpointAccordingToWeight(ServiceEndpoint[] available
                 var remain = endpointMetrics.ConnectionCapacity -
                              (endpointMetrics.ClientConnectionCount +
                               endpointMetrics.ServerConnectionCount);
-                var weight = remain > 0 ? remain : 1;
+                var weight = Math.Max((int)((double)remain / endpointMetrics.ConnectionCapacity * 1000), 1);
                 totalCapacity += weight;
                 we[i] = totalCapacity;
             }
@@ -78,6 +89,34 @@ private ServiceEndpoint GetEndpointAccordingToWeight(ServiceEndpoint[] available
             
             return availableEndpoints[Array.FindLastIndex(we, x => x <= index) + 1];
         }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        ///  Choose endpoint with least connection count
+        /// </summary>
+        private ServiceEndpoint GetEndpointWithLeastConnection(ServiceEndpoint[] availableEndpoints)
+        {
+            //first check if weight is available or necessary
+            if (availableEndpoints.Any(endpoint => endpoint.EndpointMetrics.ConnectionCapacity == 0) ||
+                availableEndpoints.Length == 1)
+            {
+                return GetEndpointRandomly(availableEndpoints);
+            }
+
+            var leastConnectionCount = int.MaxValue;
+            var index = 0;
+            for (var i = 0; i < availableEndpoints.Length; i++)
+            {
+                var endpointMetrics = availableEndpoints[i].EndpointMetrics;
+                var connectionCount = endpointMetrics.ClientConnectionCount + endpointMetrics.ServerConnectionCount;
+                if (connectionCount < leastConnectionCount)
+                {
+                    leastConnectionCount = connectionCount;
+                    index = i;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return availableEndpoints[index];
+        }
 
         private static ServiceEndpoint GetEndpointRandomly(ServiceEndpoint[] availableEndpoints)
         {
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Azure.SignalR/EndpointRouters/EndpointRouterDecorator.cs b/src/Microsoft.Azure.SignalR/EndpointRouters/EndpointRouterDecorator.cs
index 3618e9361..851f6967e 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Azure.SignalR/EndpointRouters/EndpointRouterDecorator.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Azure.SignalR/EndpointRouters/EndpointRouterDecorator.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ public class EndpointRouterDecorator : IEndpointRouter
 
         public EndpointRouterDecorator(IEndpointRouter router = null)
         {
-            _inner = router ?? new DefaultEndpointRouter();
+            _inner = router ?? new DefaultEndpointRouter(null);
         }
 
         public virtual ServiceEndpoint GetNegotiateEndpoint(HttpContext context, IEnumerable<ServiceEndpoint> endpoints)
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Azure.SignalR/ServiceOptions.cs b/src/Microsoft.Azure.SignalR/ServiceOptions.cs
index 9160b147a..f301a6909 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Azure.SignalR/ServiceOptions.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Azure.SignalR/ServiceOptions.cs
@@ -121,5 +121,11 @@ public int ConnectionCount
         /// Gets or sets a function which accepts <see cref="HttpContext"/> and returns a bitmask combining one or more <see cref="HttpTransportType"/> values that specify what transports the service should use to receive HTTP requests.
         /// </summary>
         public Func<HttpContext, HttpTransportType> TransportTypeDetector { get; set; } = null;
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the default endpoint routing mode when using multiple endpoints.
+        /// <see cref="EndpointRoutingMode.Weighted"/> by default.
+        /// </summary>
+        public EndpointRoutingMode EndpointRoutingMode { get; set; } = EndpointRoutingMode.Weighted;
     }
 }
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.Azure.SignalR.Tests/EndpointRouterTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.Azure.SignalR.Tests/EndpointRouterTests.cs
index 48cb54859..e4e4e8ffc 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.Azure.SignalR.Tests/EndpointRouterTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.Azure.SignalR.Tests/EndpointRouterTests.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Xunit;
 
 namespace Microsoft.Azure.SignalR.Tests
@@ -10,26 +12,72 @@ namespace Microsoft.Azure.SignalR.Tests
     public class EndpointRouterTests
     {
         [Fact]
-        public void TestDefaultEndpointWeightedRouter()
+        public void TestDefaultEndpointRouterWeightedMode()
         {
-            const int loops = 1000;
+            var drt = GetEndpointRouter(EndpointRoutingMode.Weighted);
+
+            const int loops = 20;
+            var context = new RandomContext();
+
+            const string small = "small_instance", large = "large_instance";
+            var uSmall = GenerateServiceEndpoint(10, 0, 9, small);
+            var uLarge = GenerateServiceEndpoint(1000, 0, 900, large);
+            var el = new List<ServiceEndpoint>() { uLarge, uSmall };
+            context.BenchTest(loops, () =>
+            {
+                var ep = drt.GetNegotiateEndpoint(null, el);
+                ep.EndpointMetrics.ClientConnectionCount++;
+                return ep.Name;
+            });
+            var uLargeCount = context.GetCount(large);
+            const int smallVar = 3;
+            var uSmallCount = context.GetCount(small);
+            Assert.True(uLargeCount is >= loops - smallVar and <= loops);
+            Assert.True(uSmallCount is >= 1 and <= smallVar);
+            context.Reset();
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void TestDefaultEndpointRouterLeastConnectionMode()
+        {
+            var drt = GetEndpointRouter(EndpointRoutingMode.LeastConnection);
+
+            const int loops = 10;
             var context = new RandomContext();
-            var drt = new DefaultEndpointRouter();
 
-            const string u1Full = "u1_full", u1Empty = "u1_empty";
-            var u1F = GenerateServiceEndpoint(1000, 10, 990, u1Full);
-            var u1E = GenerateServiceEndpoint(1000, 10, 0, u1Empty);
-            var el = new List<ServiceEndpoint>() { u1E, u1F };
+            const string small = "small_instance", large = "large_instance";
+            var uSmall = GenerateServiceEndpoint(100, 0, 90, small);
+            var uLarge = GenerateServiceEndpoint(1000, 0, 200, large);
+            var el = new List<ServiceEndpoint>() { uLarge, uSmall };
             context.BenchTest(loops, () =>
-                drt.GetNegotiateEndpoint(null, el).Name);
-            var u1ECount = context.GetCount(u1Empty);
-            const int smallVar = 10;
-            Assert.True(u1ECount is > loops - smallVar and <= loops);
-            var u1FCount = context.GetCount(u1Full);
-            Assert.True(u1FCount <= smallVar);
+            {
+                var ep = drt.GetNegotiateEndpoint(null, el);
+                ep.EndpointMetrics.ClientConnectionCount++;
+                return ep.Name;
+            });
+            var uLargeCount = context.GetCount(large);
+            var uSmallCount = context.GetCount(small);
+            Assert.Equal(0, uLargeCount);
+            Assert.Equal(10, uSmallCount);
             context.Reset();
         }
 
+        private static IEndpointRouter GetEndpointRouter(EndpointRoutingMode mode)
+        {
+            var config = new ConfigurationBuilder().Build();
+            var serviceProvider = new ServiceCollection()
+                .AddSignalR()
+                .AddAzureSignalR(
+                    o =>
+                    {
+                        o.EndpointRoutingMode = mode;
+                    })
+                .Services
+                .AddSingleton<IConfiguration>(config)
+                .BuildServiceProvider();
+
+            return serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<IEndpointRouter>();
+        }
 
         private static ServiceEndpoint GenerateServiceEndpoint(int capacity, int serverConnectionCount,
             int clientConnectionCount, string name)
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.Azure.SignalR.Tests/MultiEndpointServiceConnectionContainerTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.Azure.SignalR.Tests/MultiEndpointServiceConnectionContainerTests.cs
index cd2a1c60e..1d009414d 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.Azure.SignalR.Tests/MultiEndpointServiceConnectionContainerTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.Azure.SignalR.Tests/MultiEndpointServiceConnectionContainerTests.cs
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ public async Task TestContainerWithOneEndpointWithAllDisconnectedConnectionThrow
             {
                 var endpoint = new ServiceEndpoint(ConnectionString1);
                 var sem = new TestServiceEndpointManager(endpoint);
-                var router = new DefaultEndpointRouter();
+                var router = new DefaultEndpointRouter(null);
 
                 var container = new TestMultiEndpointServiceConnectionContainer("hub",
                     e => new TestServiceConnectionContainer(new List<IServiceConnection> {