Establishing private connections between the Azure data centers and that of the infrastructure are extremely critical and the Azure ExpressRoute premium add-on does just the same! It is equally effective between the on-premises as well as in the colocation environment. The best part of this tool is that it does not only focus on establishing a connection but at the same time, takes care of lowering the latency and increasing the productivity of your organization. It helps in securing your connection within the geopolitical region, alongside offering a layer 3 connectivity with ExpressRoute premium and a local connectivity with that of the ExpressRoute local.
With the use of Azure ExpressRoute, you can easily choose to establish a secure connection with any of the following modes, such as CloudExchange Co-location, Point-to-point Ethernet Connection, and Any-to-any (IPVPN) Connection. With the use of this connectivity provider, you can ensure having a better reliability when it comes to data flow within the organization. It is important to understand that information is the key for any company and if you truly want to see your business growing, you will need to focus on ways through which you can see that the data flow is going swift inside the on-premises environment as well as across the cloud.
With the use of Azure ExpressRoute, you can easily choose to establish a secure connection with any of the following modes, such as CloudExchange Co-location, Point-to-point Ethernet Connection, and Any-to-any (IPVPN) Connection. With the use of this connectivity provider, you can ensure having a better reliability when it comes to data flow within the organization. It is important to understand that information is the key for any company and if you truly want to see your business growing, you will need to focus on ways through which you can see that the data flow is going swift inside the on-premises environment as well as across the cloud.
What is so special about Azure ExpressRoute?
The main intention of the companies to invest upon cloud environment is to make sure that they are able to streamline their processes effectively, and thus, ensure that their workflows have turned out to be quicker and easier. It is important for the companies to give this leverage to its employees even while they are operating from a place outside the office premises, be it from their home, cafe or some other location. Well, since your employees are having an access to the confidential data, it is essential for you to ensure that there is no leakage of sensitive information. Functioning from a public network makes your information vulnerable to the cyber security threats, and thus, having a secure connection becomes even more critical. This is when the ExpressRoute comes into the picture. In short, it works typically as a VPN setup between the Microsoft cloud and the user functioning somewhere from a public network.
Advantages of Azure ExpressRoute
As Microsoft Azure Cloud Solutions – Networking – Azure ExpressRoute establishes a connection through a private network instead of using the internet, you can expect to have a low latency with a higher availability and a greater speed. Certainly, it offers high security along with a provision of Layer 3 connection between your local network and the cloud. Here are a few advantages of the tool as listed below:
- Increased speed and reliability
- A provision to bridge the on-premises network with the help of Microsoft global network
- A support for IPv6 workloads
- Establishing a direct connection to the WAN
- Establishing a fast and reliable colocation environment
- Transfer data effectively with significant cost benefits
- Using high throughput connections with span-on premises infrastructure
- No compromise on performance or privacy
- Scale the economics of the public cloud with zero compromise on the network performance
Bottom line:
Based on the political and geographical boundaries, you may wish to use the ExpressRoute global and local tiers that are going to help you meet your requirements accordingly. It offers bandwidths from 50 Mbps to 10 Gbps – thereby enabling you to reconfigure your connections based on your suitability.
