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Why is a public IP address needed for Express Route Gateway

Express route provides a private connection between on premise data center and Azure. Since traffic does not go over the Internet, why is a public address needed for the Express Route Gateway? I would expect the Express Route Gateway to use an IP address from the private IP address space from the VNet.

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Hello @TyronePaige-8355,

As per the FAQ documentation here The public IP address associated with Express Route Gateway is used for internal management only, and does not constitute a security exposure of your virtual network.

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TyronePaige-8355 answered

Hello @ChaitanyaNaykodiMSFT-9638, thank you for the answer. I went through that FAQ several times before I posted my question :(

I'll need to do better.

Tyrone

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