Subnet peering and ExpressRoute

Yesterday I got an interesting question. How does subnet peering interact with ExpressRoute? A quick look into the official docs for Subnet peering checks and limitations didn’t give any answers, and Copilot wasn’t very helpful either: So let’s dive in! What was subnet peering again? I wrote a blog post some time ago here, feel … Continue reading Subnet peering and ExpressRoute

Azure Subnet Peering

First of all, my apologies for the radio silence, there have been some private projects going on during the Summer months that have kept me away from blogging. With that out of the way: what the heck is subnet peering? You probably know VNet peering, but is “subnet peering” now a thing? Well, not yet, … Continue reading Azure Subnet Peering

Azure Hub And Spoke 2.0

I have recently had a couple of recent conversations that have made me reconsider the way we traditionally implement the hub and spoke Virtual Network design in Azure, which has some limitations. The idea is to introduce a relatively simple but powerful modification to the design that achieves these objectives: TL,DR: The main modification introduced … Continue reading Azure Hub And Spoke 2.0

Azure DNS Private Resolver without VNet Peerings

As you might already know, Azure DNS Private Resolver is an Azure service that support DNS forwarding between Azure and on-premises DNS servers. It is very useful to provide Azure DNS resolution to on-premises clients (for example to access private endpoints), or to provide on-premises DNS resolution to Azure clients (to access on-prem resources). Last … Continue reading Azure DNS Private Resolver without VNet Peerings

VNet peering settings, those familiar strangers

Hey everybody! In this post I would like to talk about some of the settings that you can configure in VNet Peerings, and how those actually work. Even if you have been using VNet peerings for years now, I bet I have some surprises for you. TL;DR: Do not rely in the VirtualNetwork service tag … Continue reading VNet peering settings, those familiar strangers