Introduction to Azure network services
This section introduces the functionality of the network services available in Azure, why each service is required, and how it may be used. Each network service capability will be covered in more detail in this chapter.
The following list outlines the available network services capabilities:
- Communication between resources in Azure: VNets provide the communication paths for network traffic between Azure resources such as virtual machines (VMs), load balancers, firewalls, and so on. Communication between VNets in the same region or another region is handled by VNet peering using the Microsoft backbone. Service endpoints and private endpoints are available for connecting platform-as-a-service (PaaS) resources such as database and storage services to VNets.
- Communication with resources on-premises: Virtual private networks (VPNs) as well as Azure Relay, Azure Network Adapter, Azure Virtual WAN, and ExpressRoute can provide hybrid connectivity...
