Creating and configuring the S2S VPN

To create the S2S VPN, we are going to connect the VPN gateway with the on-premises environment we created earlier with RRAS enabled on it. This will serve as a compatible VPN device.

To be able to complete this step, we need the public IP address of the on-premises environment. I used VMware for this demonstration and set it up in bridged mode. This way, the public IP address of your provider is used. You can check the public IP address using multiple tools, such as https://www.whatsmyip.org/.

Creating the local network gateway

First, we need to create a local network gateway. This refers to the on-premises location where we have Windows Server 2012 R2 installed with RRAS enabled.

To create the local network gateway, perform the following steps:

1. Navigate to Azure portal by opening https://portal.azure.com/.
2. Select Create a resource and type Local network gateway into the search box. Select Local network gateway from the list and create a new one...