Designing and Implementing Platform Service Connectivity

Azure offers various platform services, such as Azure SQL Database, Azure Storage, Azure Key Vault, and Azure App Service, that are widely used by organizations. These services come with several advantages, such as easy deployment, automatic scaling, built-in backups, and high availability. While it is advisable to deploy platform services in a customer-managed virtual network for better control over network traffic, this may not always be possible, mainly due to technical limitations. When deploying platform services outside of customer-managed virtual networks, there are three main options available for controlling network connections to the services in Azure. This chapter will provide you with a clear understanding of these three options. It will also guide you in determining the appropriate option to use based on your specific use case. By the end of this chapter, you will have a good understanding of the following:

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