What is Azure ExpressRoute?
Definition: Azure ExpressRoute is the feature that connects your on-premises network to Microsoft Cloud over the Private (and not public internet) connection.
Azure ExpressRoute understanding:
- The image depicts an ExpressRoute connection between your on-premises servers/datacenter and Microsoft Cloud datacenters.
- Partner Edge is the entry point at an on-premises datacenter and Microsoft Edge is the entry point at Microsoft cloud datacenter.
Notes:
- Using ExpressRoute, you can set up connectivity to Microsoft cloud services like Azure and Microsoft 365.
- Connectivity can be any one of the following.
- Point-to-Point Ethernet connection
- Any-to-any (IP VPN) network.
- Connection through connection provider at any colocation facility.
- Express route connectivity never goes on the public internet, that’s why it provides
- Faster speed
- Greater security
- Low Latency
- Reliability
- It gives connectivity to all the Microsoft cloud services across all the regions in the same Geopolitical region.
- If you go for premium ExpressRoute, you can get global connectivity, across regions.
- ExpressRoute enables access to the following two services.
- Microsoft 365 services
- Microsoft Azure Services
- ExpressRoute provides various ranges of bandwidth ranging from 50 Mbps to 10 Gbps.
- You can also scale up-down the bandwidth.
