• Fundamental part of Azure infrastructure
  • Address space
    • A range of IP addresses you can use for your resources

Cloud advantages

  • Scaling
    • Adding more VNets or more addresses to one is simple
  • High availability
    • Peering VNets, using a load balancer, or using a VPN gateway all increase availability
  • Isolation
    • Manage and organise resources with subnets and network security groups

Peering

  • Lets you connect two or more VNets on Azure
  • Always uses Azure’s backbone network and never through public internet
  • Benefits
    • Low latency, high bandwidth
    • Link Separate networks
    • Data transfer
      • Transfer data easily between subscriptions and deployment models in separate regions