Exploring Azure Networking (VNet)
Like Azure VMs, Azure VNet is another core component of Azure that you should be aware of. A VNet ties all resources, such as VMs, storage accounts, and databases, together securely in a private network. It is used to encapsulate the cloud or on-premises services together within a secure boundary by controlling who can access these services and from which endpoints.
Azure networking provides the following four main services:
- Security: This provides secure connectivity within Azure resources using the basic VNet, VNet Peering, and Service Endpoints.
- Networking: This provides networking beyond the Azure cloud and into the internet and hybrid clouds using express routers, private endpoints, and point-to-site and site-to-site VPNs.
- Filtering: This provides network filtering, in other words firewall rules, that can be implemented either via network or app security groups. There are options to implement the same using network appliances...