Azure network services
Azure provides a range of network services that you can use to communicate with Azure resources.
You must understand the following network services, as outlined in the Core Azure Services exam:
- Virtual network
- Virtual network peering
- Virtual private network gateway
- ExpressRoute
Azure network services provides the following capabilities:
- Allow communication between Azure resources: Communication paths between Azure resources, such as VMs, are provided through VNets; communication between VNets is enabled by using VNet peering (within the same region and across regions). Additionally, service endpoints are used to connect PaaS resources such as storage services and database services.
- Allow communication with on-premises resources: You can extend your local on-premises networks into Azure through virtual private networks, which provide encrypted connections over the internet, or ExpressRoute, which allows private, low-latency...
