Connect 2 virtual machines in different countries through Azure cloud

EnriqueV 21 Reputation points
2022-04-21T03:20:25.833+00:00

I want to connect 2 virtual machines, one is in North America and the other one in Asia.

When I say I want to connect 2 virtual machines, it is simply that once this connection is established, they can talk to each other by IP and connect/talk to each other as if in the same network. Only these 2 machines will talk to each other.

I would like this connection to pass through the Azure cloud as such:

  • Machine in North America will connect to the Azure cloud in North America.
  • Machine in Asia will connect to the Azure could in Asia.
  • Data between North America and Asia will be Azure cloud to Azure cloud only.

I have read on bastion, gateway and other Azure network offerings but I am not certain of what I need to actually make this happen. I feel a bit overwhelmed with all the products Azure offers and I am not sure what I should be using to do what I need.

Thank you

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  1. risolis 8,701 Reputation points
    2022-04-21T03:39:26.82+00:00

    Hello @EnriqueV

    Thank you for your post!

    I know there are multiple products that can overwhelm you when you choosing the accurate solution. I would like to give you the following article that might fit in your scenario:

    Global transit network architecture and Virtual WAN
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-wan/virtual-wan-global-transit-network-architecture

    BR,

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  1. Andreas Baumgarten 97,396 Reputation points MVP
    2022-04-21T14:51:25.783+00:00

    Hi @EnriqueV ,

    the easiest way is to connect the two vNets containing the VMs using the global vNet peering.
    Please take a look here: https://azure.microsoft.com/de-de/blog/global-vnet-peering-now-generally-available/
    If there are more than the 2 mentioned VMs in the subnets you can use Network Security Groups to control/limit the communication between the 2 vNets.
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network/network-security-groups-overview

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    Regards
    Andreas Baumgarten

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