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ExpressRoute documentation

Learn how to use ExpressRoute to set up a fast, private connection to Microsoft cloud services from your on-premises infrastructure or colocation facility.

About ExpressRoute

Overview

  • What is ExpressRoute?

Concept

  • FAQ

Learn

  • Introduction to Azure ExpressRoute
  • Connect your on-premises network to the Microsoft global network using ExpressRoute

Get started

Tutorial

  • Create and modify a circuit
  • Create and modify peering for a circuit
  • Connect a VNet to a circuit
  • Configure route filters

Planning

Concept

  • Prerequisites and checklist
  • Workflows
  • Circuits and peerings
  • Routing requirements
  • BFD over ExpressRoute
  • QOS requirements
  • Providers organized by location
  • Locations organized by provider

Design

Concept

  • Connectivity models
  • Design for high availability
  • Design for Disaster Recovery with private peering

Encrypt traffic

How-To Guide

  • Configure site-to-site VPN over a Microsoft peering
  • Configure IPsec transport mode for private peering

Monitoring

How-To Guide

  • Configure monitoring, metrics, and alerts
  • Configure Network Performance Monitor

ExpressRoute Direct

Concept

  • What is ExpressRoute Direct?
  • FastPath
  • ExpressRoute Direct FAQ

How-To Guide

  • Configure ExpressRoute Direct

ExpressRoute Global Reach

Concept

  • What is Global Reach?
  • Global Reach FAQ

How-To Guide

  • Configure Global Reach

Reference

Reference

  • Azure CLI
  • Azure PowerShell
  • REST

Architecture

  • Reference Architecutre for Hybrid Networking
  • Reference Architecture for Hybrid Networking with VPN Failover
  • Previous Version Docs
  • Blog
  • Contribute
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • Terms of Use
  • Trademarks
  • © Microsoft 2022
  • Previous Version Docs
  • Blog
  • Contribute
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • Terms of Use
  • Trademarks
  • © Microsoft 2022