The document describes Microsoft's global network and connectivity options for connecting on-premises networks to Azure. It includes a diagram of the Microsoft global network with over 70 locations worldwide. It also describes ExpressRoute for private connectivity, including premium SKUs that allow cross-region connectivity. Virtual WAN is introduced as a managed connectivity service that can incorporate ExpressRoute and internet connections across on-premises and Azure networks.

4. Microsoft Global Network

5. Internet VPN
Internet
ExpressRoute
Internet
Public Services
Private Services

6. Private peering
Microsoft peering
• Office 365
• Dynamic 365
• HPC/BIGDATA
• Azure Stack
• SAP on Azure
• Storage
• SQL PaaS
• Analytics
• IoT
• Media and CDN
• HPC
• Web and mobile
• VNET

7. Atlanta
Chicago
Los Angeles
Seattle
Silicon Valley
Washington DC
Amsterdam
Dublin
London
Sao Paulo
Chennai
Hong Kong
Mumbai
Melbourne
Osaka
Singapore
Sydney
TokyoLas Vegas
Toronto
Montreal
Quebec City
New York City
Dallas
Newport, Wales
Paris
Miami
San Antonio
Busan
Seoul
Marseille
Cape Town
Johannesburg
Denver
Kuala Lumpur
Singapore2
Amsterdam2
Silicon Valley2
Washington DC2
London2
Perth Auckland
Taipei
New
Canberra
Canberra2
Dubai
Dubai2
Frankfurt
Zurich
Copenhagen
Stockholm

8. Standard SKU allows connectivity anywhere within a geopolitical region
Premium SKU allows connectivity across geopolitical regions

9. enables
enterprises to connect their sites
Australia, Canada, France, Hong
Kong, Ireland, Korea, Japan,
Netherlands, U.S., U.K.,
Singapore coming soon
VNET 1
US West
San Francisco
VNET 2
UK South
London
Silicon Valley London
10.0.1.0/24 10.0.2.0/24
10.0.3.0/24 10.0.4.0/24
ExpressRoute Global Reach

10. Multiple circuits at same meet-me location

11. Same subscription
Different
subscription

12. Fastest private connectivity in public cloud
10G & 100Gbps to Azure

13. ER Site Local Azure
DC
Amsterdam West Europe
Amsterdam2 West Europe
Atlanta (n/a)
Auckland (n/a)
Busan Korea South
Canberra Australia Central
Canberra2 Australia Central2
Cape Town South Africa West
Chennai South India
Chennai2 South India
Chicago North Central US
Dallas (n/a)
Denver West Central US
Dublin North Europe
Frankfurt* (n/a)*
Hong Kong East Asia
Johannesburg South Africa North
Kuala Lumpur (n/a)
Las Vegas (n/a)
London UK South
London2 UK South
Los Angeles (n/a)
Marseille France South
Melbourne Australia Southeast
Miami (n/a)
Montreal (n/a)
ER Site Local Azure
DC
Mumbai West India
Mumbai2 West India
New York (n/a)
Newport UK West
Osaka Japan West
Paris France Central
Perth (n/a)
Quebec City Canada East
San Antonio South Central US
Sao Paolo Brazil South
Seattle West US 2
Seoul Korea Central
Silicon Valley West US
Silicon Valley2 West US
Singapore Southeast Asia
Singapore2 Southeast Asia
Sydney Australia East
Sydney2 Australia East
Taipei (n/a)
Tokyo Japan East
Tokyo2 Japan East
Toronto Canada Central
Washington DC East US, East US 2
Washington DC2 East US, East US 2
Zurich* (n/a)*

14. Azure Region1
Contoso
On-Premises
Network
Contoso VNet1
10.100.11.0/24
10.1.11.0/25
ExR
Peering Location1
ExR
Peering Location2
Azure Region1
Contoso
On-Premises Network
Location 1
Contoso VNet1
10.100.11.0/24
10.1.11.0/24
ExR
Peering Location1
ExR
Peering Location2
Azure Region2
Contoso VNet2
10.200.11.0/24
10.2.11.0/24
Contoso
On-Premises Network
Location 2

15. © Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft Azure Peering Service
A Scale-out Distributed Internet Access
Microsoft Network
Partner Network
Contoso Branch A’
Geography A
Contoso Branch A”
Geography B
Contoso Branch B
Geography C
Contoso Branch C
• Best Internet routing to Microsoft Cloud Services
o Well connected ISPs with capacity and high
availability
o Connectivity at the nearest edge site via ISP
o Preferred routing on Microsoft network
Connectivity
Type
Internet Peering Service
(Internet+)
architecture Distributed Distributed
Cost Low Low
Resiliency No Yes
Performance Unreliable Reliable
Recommended connectivity for:
• Microsoft SaaS apps such as Office 365
• Accessing Azure through Internet
Action: Contact peeringservice@microsoft.com

17. Requires premiere
circuit, Global reach location

18. (GA)
(GA)
Branch-to-Azure,
branch-to-branch

19. Azure VWAN

20. Coming in Vanadium/early July
Virtual WAN Managed Service Providers
Aryaka, TCL, TCTS, BT, Century link, Spark(NZ) ….

22. AWS
Microsoft
Tokyo DC AWS Tokyo
Azure Tokyo
Azure Osaka
On-prem
ISP1
AWS
Direct Connect
Azure
Express Route
POS#3
Azure
POS#2
POS#1
DATA
Active Directory
Azure
Express Route
AWS
Microsoft
Osaka DC
ISP2
AWS-Azure
Cloud
Exchange

24. Internet
Spoke-VM
IP address info
Branch Sydney: 192.168.1.15
Branch Tokyo: 10.10.1.5
Branch EastUS : 10.10.2.5
Spoke-VM: 10.10.10.4
Japan HuB:100.0.0.0/24
EastUS HuB:200.0.0.0/24
Throughput test
1. Tokyo(10.10.1.5) to Sydney(192.168.1.15)
2. Tokyo(10.10.1.5) to Spoke-VM(10.10.10.4)
3. Tokyo(10.10.1.5) to EastUS(10.10.2.4)
Test Lab spec
Azure VM: b1ms
AWS VM: t2-micro
Test tool: iperf3
Internet
SD-WAN Virtual Appliance
Branch EastUS(Azure)
Internet
vnet Peering
SD-WAN Virtual Appliance
Branch Tokyo(Azure)
US-HUB
SD-WAN Virtual Appliance
Branch Sydney(AWS)
JP-HUB
Azure
Express Route
AWS
Direct Connect
EC2
Seoul (AWS)
Azure-AWS
Cross connect
VM
Seoul (Azure)

25. Virtual WAN Traffic paths
EastUS Site
(EastUS Hub)
Sydney Site
(Toyko Hub)
Tokyo Site
(Toyko Hub)
Spoke VM
(Toyko Hub)
ER-VM
(Toyko Hub)
DX-EC2
(Toyko Hub)
EastUS Site
(EastUS Hub)
-
○ ○ X X X
Sydney Site
(Toyko Hub)
○ - ○ ○ ○ ○
Tokyo Site
(Toyko Hub)
○ ○ - ○ ○ ○
- Branch to branch across Hub(Private preview)
- Once you create hubs, they will be advertised each others and connected automatically
- vWAN/ER(Private preview)
- ER circuit must be enabled in a country/region that supports ER Global Reach.
- ER circuit must be a Premium circuit in order to connect to Virtual WAN hub.
Virtual WAN Traffic paths (Preview Considerations)

26. ExpressRoute
vWAN Spoke
AWS-DX
vWAN HuB
ER-On-prem
vWAN-AWS

27. FAQ Virtual WAN FAQ

28. AWS
Direct Connect
Seoul Region
VGW
20.0.0.0/24
50 M
Seoul Region Korea ER DC
ER Provider
Cloud Exchange Switch
Azure
Express Route
50 M
ER
Gateway
VNET
10.0.0.0/24
Cloud Azure AWS
IP Ranges VNET : 10.0.0.0/24 VPC : 20.0.0.0/24
Tools Iperf3 Iperf3
Servers
OS : Ubuntu 18
IP : 10.0.0.5
OS : Ubuntu 18
IP : 20.0.0.143
AWSAzure

29. - Azure Virtual WAN
- Internet: Azure Virtual WAN
- Dedicated Line: Azure ExpressRoute