
If you are still interested in Azure ExpressRoute please continue reading and/or check out this Azure User Group Belgium talk by Kristof Rennen. One more thing to consider when going for a VPN connection is that bandwidth will be limited to what Azure VPN gateways have to offer (which is 1.25Gbps at time of writing).įor most companies dealing with network connectivity from on premise locations to Azure it is probably the easiest and most cost efficient way to start with VPN connections and change to ExpressRoute if cloud adoption and traffic increases. You may also get reasonable bandwidth and latency by using a VPN but nobody will guarantee you that this is always the case. Connectivity to Azure Public Services (e.g.In general, reasons to go with ExpressRoute are the following: Switzerland), a VPN connection may be sufficient for most of the scenarios.ĮxpressRoute basically provides a private, dedicated, high-throughput network connection between on-premises and Microsoft Azure. When you are based in countries where good Internet connectivity is available (e.g. To get started, one should know that there are basically three options to connect on premise networks to Microsoft Azure:īoth internet and VPN connections may be suitable for you. Since I was dealing with Azure ExpressRoute lately, I will try to summarize some important aspects in a blog post to provide kind of a high-level overview of Azure ExpressRoute. All you need to know about Azure ExpressRoute Tue, May 29, 2018
