Designing an Azure Network Implementation

Microsoft Azure supports a variety of options for both internal and external networking. In this lesson, you will learn how to design a network implementation using the appropriate Azure services.

Some of the highlights include:

• Configuring virtual networks to connect Azure resources to each other
• Deploying public and private load balancers to distribute incoming traffic to a pool of backend VMs
• Load balancing across multiple regions using Azure Traffic Manager
• Connecting on-premises networks to Azure either directly using ExpressRoute or over the internet through a site-to-site or point-to-site VPN
• Overriding system default routes to meet your own custom routing needs
• Protecting your applications from attacks with a web application firewall
• Using network security groups to create a demilitarized zone (DMZ)
• Building hybrid applications that include both Azure and on-premises resources using Azure Relay
• Copying on-premises data to Azure using Data Factory, the Self-hosted Integration Runtime, and the On-Premises Data Gateway

Learning Objectives

• Design Azure virtual networks
• Design external connectivity for Azure virtual networks
• Design network security strategies for Azure
• Design connectivity for hybrid Azure applications

Intended Audience

• People who want to become Azure cloud architects
• People preparing for a Microsoft Azure certification exam

Prerequisites

• General knowledge of IT infrastructure and networking