Azure networking
Connect and deliver your hybrid and cloud-native applications with low-latency, zero-trust-based networking services
Why Azure Networking?
With more than 165,000 miles of private fibre spanning 60+ regions and 170+ network PoPs across the world, Azure provides the scale, performance, high availability and enterprise-grade security you need to meet your most extreme workload requirements. Deliver consistent, low-latency experience to your customers through services that work across on-premises, multi-cloud and edge location seamlessly. Focus on delivering your application logic when you use network-as-a-service offerings from Azure Networking.
Optimal routing for best performance
Deliver predictable, low-latency performance for your applications as the traffic stays on the Microsoft global network by default (cold potato routing). Use inter-AZ, inter-region hosting architectures for resilient cloud deployments, using a vast network across regions with latency <1 ms.
- Predictable performance up to 100 GBPS through Azure ExpressRoute
- Optimised SaaS and SDWAN connectivity through Azure Peering service
- Choose how your traffic routes between Azure and the Internet with Routing preference
- Highest performance with ultra-low latency using Azure Load Balancer
Zero-trust-based network security
Protect your applications, virtual networks and workloads with services that support the zero-trust approach to security.
- Secure virtual network infra using segmentation
- Protect applications with Azure WAF and Azure Bastion
- Get intelligent threat detection with Azure DDoS Protection
- Get private connectivity with Azure Private Link
Hybrid and edge connectivity
Make Azure an extension of your existing network and deliver your apps to end users at a global scale. Connect on-premises, multi-cloud, 5G and edge deployments, and manage your entire network centrally.
- Connect on-premises, multi-cloud and branch deployments using Azure Virtual WAN
- Enable edge and 5G scenarios with Azure Edge Zones, Azure Edge Zones with carrier, or Azure Private Edge Zones
- Highest performance with ultra-low latency using Azure Load Balancer
Network as a service
Focus on your apps with easy-to-use, scalable services and tools. Azure Networking provides the connectivity and scale that you need without requiring you to build or manage down to the fibre.
- Manage traffic for applications using Azure App Gateway, protect using Azure WAF
- Define and monitor global routing with Azure Front Door
- Get turnkey firewall capabilities with Azure Firewall
- VNet NAT to ensure reliable outbound connectivity from predictable IP space
Services
Secure network infrastructure
Build and protect your virtual network infrastructure.
| If you want to | Use this |
|---|---|
| Connect everything from virtual machines to incoming VPN connections | Azure Virtual Network |
| Balance inbound and outbound connections and requests to applications | Azure Load Balancer |
| Protect your applications from DDoS attacks | Azure DDoS Protection |
| Native firewall capabilities with built-in high availability and zero maintenance | Azure Firewall |
| Manage network security policy and routing centrally | Azure Firewall Manager |
| Private and fully managed RDP and SSH access to your virtual machines | Azure Bastion |
| Private access to services hosted on the Azure platform | Azure Private Link |
| Route incoming traffic for better performance and availability | Traffic Manager |
| Monitor and diagnose network issues | Network Watcher |
On-prem and branch connectivity
Connect your on-premises data centre and branches to the cloud.
| If you want to | Use this |
|---|---|
| Add private network connectivity from your corporate network to cloud | Azure ExpressRoute |
| Connect business offices, retail locations and sites securely with a unified portal | Azure Virtual WAN |
| Securely use the Internet to access Azure Virtual Networks | Azure VPN Gateway |
| Choose how your traffic routes between Azure and the Internet | Routing preference |
Remote work connectivity
Enable remote users to access internal resources
| If you want to | Use this |
|---|---|
| Securely use the Internet to access Azure Virtual Networks | Azure VPN Gateway |
| Connect business offices, retail locations and sites securely with a unified portal | Azure Virtual WAN |
| Protect your applications from DDoS attacks | Azure DDoS Protection |
5G and edge computing
Enable edge computing platforms and apps on 5G-enabled devices.
| If you want to | Use this |
|---|---|
| Provide real-time customer experiences with ultra-low-latency edge compute | Azure Edge Zones, Azure Edge Zones with carrier, Azure Private Edge Zones |
Secure global app delivery
Build, secure and deliver applications to serve a global user base.
| If you want to | Use this |
|---|---|
| Accelerate the delivery of high-bandwidth content to customers worldwide | Azure CDN |
| Scalable, security-enhanced delivery point for global, microservice-based web applications | Azure Front Door |
| Manage traffic to your web applications with a web traffic load balancer. | Azure Application Gateway |
| Use a firewall service for web apps to help improve web app security | Azure Web Application Firewall |
| Ensure ultra-fast DNS responses and availability for your domain needs. | Azure DNS |
| Private access to services hosted on the Azure platform | Azure Private Link |
| Test how networking infrastructure changes will affect performance | Internet analyser |
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