You can configure your next web-based, intranet line of business application in Azure infrastructure services.
You can deploy your next web-based, intranet line of business application in Azure using a combination of Azure virtual machines and an Azure cross-premises virtual network.
The basic process is:
- Create an Azure virtual network with multiple subnets for each tier of your application using a portion of your on-premises private address space.
- Connect the Azure virtual network to your on-premises network with a site-to-site VPN connection or ExpressRoute.
- Create the resource groups, availability sets, storage accounts, and load balancers for the virtual machines in each tier of the LOB application.
- Create and configure the servers used for identity and authentication for your LOB application.
- Create and configure the database servers for your LOB application.
- Create and configure the web and other servers for your LOB application.
Here is an example that uses:
- Two Windows Server Active Directory (AD) domain controllers for identity and authentication.
- A Windows Server cluster and SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability Groups for the database tier.
- An internal load balancer to distribute incoming connections to two web servers.
For a different perspective and an explanation of how it works for intranet users, see the Line of Business Applications architecture blueprint.
You can also test this in a simulated hybrid cloud configuration, in which you build out the following:
