Chapter 4

Planning Your Virtual Network Topology

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Differentiating Azure’s virtual network building blocks

Bullet Deploying and configuring virtual networks

Bullet Connecting virtual networks

Bullet Configuring Azure Firewalls and VPN Gateways

Bullet Learning about Azure ExpressRoute

Microsoft has invested billions of its dollars into building networking features within Azure. Surprising, right? It shouldn’t be for a few reasons:

  • Ethernet and TCP/IP internetworking is a complicated subject that’s deep enough to build an entire career as a networking professional.
  • Software-defined networking in the Azure Cloud differs from on-premises hardware networking.
  • The costs and consequences of making a mistake with Azure networking are high.

In this chapter, I cover the foundational concepts of Azure networking. I don’t provide the most complete explanation, as there are plenty of long tomes specifically written about Azure Network infrastructure. Here, I talk about the virtual networks options, which ...

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