Create Peering Service Connection using the Azure portal

Azure Peering Service is a networking service that enhances customer connectivity to Microsoft public cloud services such as Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, software as a service (SaaS) services, Azure, or any Microsoft services accessible via the public internet.

In this article, you'll learn how to Create a Peering Service connection by using the Azure portal.

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Prerequisites

You must have the following:

Azure account

You must have a valid and active Microsoft Azure account. This account is required to set up the Peering Service connection. Peering Service connection is a resource within Azure subscriptions.

Connectivity provider

You can work with any Azure peering service provider to obtain Peering Service to connect your network optimally with the Microsoft network.

Sign in to the Azure portal

From a browser, go to the Azure portal and sign in with your Azure account.

Create a Peering Service connection

1. To create a Peering Service connection, select Create a resource > Peering Service.

   

2. Enter the following details on the Basics tab on the Create a peering service connection page.

3. Select the subscription and the resource group associated with the subscription.

   

4. Enter a Name to which the Peering Service instance should be registered.

5. Now, select the Next: Configuration button at the bottom of the page. The Configuration page appears.

Configure the Peering Service connection

1. On the Configuration page, select the customer network location to which the Peering Service must be enabled by selecting the same from the Peering service location drop-down list.

2. Select the service provider from whom the Peering Service must be obtained by selecting a provider name from the Peering service provider drop-down list.

3. Select the provider's primary peering location closest to the customer network location. This is the peering service location between Microsoft and Partner.

4. Select the provider's backup peering location as the next closest to the customer network location. peering services will be active via backup location only in the event of failure of primary peering service location for disaster recovery. If "None" is selected, internet will be the default failover route in the event of primary peering service location failure.

5. Select Create new prefix at the bottom of the Prefixes section, and text boxes appear. Now, enter the name of the prefix resource and the prefixes that are associated with the service provider.

6. Select Prefix Key and add the Prefix Key that has been given to you by your provider (ISP or IXP). This key allows MS to validate the prefix and provider who have allocated your IP prefix.

   

7. Select the Review + create button at the lower left of the page. The Review + create page appears, and Azure validates your configuration.

8. When you see the Validation passed message as shown, select Create.

   

9. After you create a Peering Service connection, additional validation is performed on the included prefixes. You can review the validation status under the Prefixes section of the resource name. If the validation fails, one of the following error messages is displayed:

   • Invalid Peering Service prefix, the prefix should be valid format, only IPv4 prefix is supported currently.
   • Prefix was not received from Peering Service provider, contact Peering Service provider.
   • Prefix announcement does not have a valid BGP community, contact Peering Service provider.
   • Prefix received with longer AS path(>3), contact Peering Service provider.
   • Prefix received with private AS in the path, contact Peering Service provider.

Add or remove a prefix

Select Add prefixes on the Prefixes page to add prefixes.

Select the ellipsis (...) next to the listed prefix, and select the Delete option.

Delete a Peering Service connection

On the All Resources page, select the check box on the Peering Service and select the Delete option at the top of the page.

Note

You can't modify an existing prefix.

Next steps

• To learn about Peering Service connection, see Peering Service connection.
• To learn about Peering Service connection telemetry, see Peering Service connection telemetry.
• To measure telemetry, see Measure connection telemetry.
• To create the peering service connection by using Azure PowerShell, see Create a Peering Service connection - Azure PowerShell.
• To create the connection by using the Azure CLI, see Create a Peering Service connection - Azure CLI.