Microsoft Azure: Planning, Deploying, and Managing the Cloud

© Julian Soh, Marshall Copeland, Anthony Puca, and Micheleen Harris 2020

J. Soh et al.Microsoft Azurehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5958-0_13

13. Network Platform as a Service

Julian Soh¹  , Marshall Copeland², Anthony Puca³ and Micheleen Harris¹

(1)

Washington, WA, USA

(2)

Texas, TX, USA

(3)

Colorado, CO, USA

 

Azure Virtual Network (VNet) should be the starting point before deploying any virtual machine, web app, or storage container. The virtual networks in your Azure subscription are the global and local networks used for connectivity in the cloud. Internally, VNet allows secure private connections for all of your business resources. Externally, it supports exposing public endpoints to the Internet for access by clients or cyberattacks.

This chapter ...