To get the most out of this book

It's highly recommended to have knowledge of virtualization and networking, such as Hyper-V/VMware/Citrix, or CCNA .

Having knowledge of other Azure services will be a great benefit. You can check out my other book about Azure Storage at the following link: https://www.packtpub.com/big-data-and-business-intelligence/learning-microsoft-azure-storage.

Download the color images

We also provide a PDF file that has color images of the screenshots/diagrams used in this book. You can download it here: https://www.packtpub.com/sites/default/files/downloads/HandsOnNetworkingwithAzure_ColorImages.pdf.

Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "Navigate to Azure portal, and search for network security groups."

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

$NSubnet = New-AzureRMVirtualNetworkSubnetConfig –Name NSubnet -
AddressPrefix 192.168.1.0/24
$GWSubnet = New-AzureRMVirtualNetworkSubnetConfig –Name GatewaySubnet -
AddressPrefix 192.168.2.0/27

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "Once you have clicked on Create, the NSG will be created within seconds."

Warnings or important notes appear like this.

Tips and tricks appear like this.