Month: January 2026

At this stage in the ExpressRoute journey, a lot of groundwork has already been done. Azure is ready to accept a private connection, and Microsoft has reserved capacity at the edge of its network. You’ve created a virtual network with an ExpressRoute gateway, and you’ve provisioned an ExpressRoute circuit with a chosen provider, bandwidth, and… Continue reading Designing Azure ExpressRoute from Scratch: Part 5: Configuring ExpressRoute Peering

Up to this point in the ExpressRoute journey, everything we’ve built has lived entirely inside Azure. That prepared Azure to accept a private connection, but there still isn’t one. This next step is where the private connection itself comes into existence. That’s exactly what an ExpressRoute circuit is. What an ExpressRoute Circuit Really Is An… Continue reading Designing Azure ExpressRoute from Scratch: Part 4: Creating the ExpressRoute Circuit

In the previous part of this series, we decided why an organisation needs ExpressRoute and what kind of ExpressRoute makes sense. At this point, nothing has been deployed yet, we’ve only made design decisions. This next step is where we start preparing Azure itself. Before Azure can connect to anything on-premises, it needs a dedicated… Continue reading Designing Azure ExpressRoute from Scratch: Part 3: Preparing Azure to Accept an ExpressRoute Connection

Now that we understand why an organisation would consider ExpressRoute in the first place (private, reliable connectivity into Azure), the next step is where most people accidentally start too late: picking a SKU, clicking through the portal, or trying to “just build the lab.” But the real design work happens before any deployment At this… Continue reading Designing Azure ExpressRoute from Scratch: Part 2: Choosing What You Actually Need

Why Would an Organisation Need ExpressRoute? When organisations first move workloads to Azure, connectivity is usually not a complex discussion. Applications are accessed over the public internet, often protected by encryption and, in some cases, a VPN. For many businesses, this approach works perfectly well in the early stages of cloud adoption. However, as reliance… Continue reading Designing Azure ExpressRoute from Scratch: Part 1: Why Choose ExpressRoute?