Azure Networking Cookbook

Creating a Site-2-Site connection

A Site-2-Site connection is used to create a secure connection between an on-premises network and Azure VNet. This connection is used to perform a number of different tasks, such as enabling hybrid connections or secure management. In a hybrid connection, we allow a service in one environment to connect to a service in another environment. For example, we could have an application in Azure that uses a database located in an on-premises environment. Secure management allows us to limit management operations to be allowed only when coming from a secure and controlled environment, from our local network.