Understanding Azure Virtual Networks
Networks are one of the most important topics when talking about infrastructure, as they provide basic security mechanisms for our services and allow us to segment them. In Azure, networking is quite an extensive subject – networks integrate not only with Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) components such as Azure Virtual Machines but can also be found in Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) scenarios. This chapter is going to give you a thorough overview of Azure virtual networks and accompanying services.
Topics from this chapter will help you better understand networks in Azure and what capabilities they offer in terms of integration, security, and network segmentation.
In this chapter, we’re going to cover the following main topics:
- Planning and deploying virtual networks
- Understanding network security groups (NSGs)
- Working with virtual network peerings
- Network routing and endpoints
