Azure ExpressRoute
When organizations need to extend an Azure VNet to on-premises sites, it makes sense to start with a VPN connection. However, as the connection takes on more mission-critical traffic, the organization might want a more stable and reliable connection. Similar to AWS Direct Connect, Azure offers ExpressRoute as a private connection facilitated by a connectivity provider. As we can see from the diagram, our network is connected to Azure's partner edge network before it is transitioned to Azure's edge network:
Figure 32: Azure Express Route Circuits (source: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/expressroute-introduction)
The advantages of ExpressRoute include:
- More reliability, since it does not traverse through the public internet.
- A faster connection with lower latency, since a private connection is likely to have fewer hops between on-premise equipment to Azure.
- Better security measures, since it is a private...
