For instance, suppose you have two private data centers, one in California and one in Texas, each connected to an ExpressRoute circuit in their respective regions. Across on-premises connectivity with ExpressRoute Global Reachīy enabling ExpressRoute Global Reach, you can exchange data across your on-premises sites through your ExpressRoute circuits. With Local, Data transfer is included in the ExpressRoute port charge.įor peering location and supported Azure local region, see providers by locations. With Local SKU, you can bring your data to an ExpressRoute location near the Azure region you want. You can transfer data cost-effectively by enabling the Local SKU. Local connectivity with ExpressRoute Local For example, you have access to services deployed in West US or Australian East the same way you access North and West Europe regions. If you connect to Microsoft in Amsterdam through ExpressRoute, you have access to all of Microsoft cloud services hosted in every region across the globe. You can enable ExpressRoute Premium to extend connectivity across geopolitical boundaries. Global connectivity with ExpressRoute Premium For an overview of the geopolitical regions, the associated Microsoft cloud regions, and corresponding ExpressRoute peering locations, see the ExpressRoute partners and peering locations article. You have access to all of Microsoft cloud services hosted in North and West Europe. You can connect to Microsoft from one of our peering locations and access regions within the same geopolitical region.įor example, if you connect to Microsoft in Amsterdam through ExpressRoute. Connectivity to all regions within a geopolitical region For information about using ExpressRoute to access Microsoft 365, visit Azure ExpressRoute for Microsoft 365.įor a detailed list of services supported over ExpressRoute, visit the ExpressRoute FAQ page.
Because of this, we recommend ExpressRoute for specific scenarios. Microsoft 365 was created to be accessed securely and reliably via the Internet. For more information, see Create maximum resiliency with ExpressRoute.ĮxpressRoute connections enable access to the following services: For Azure PowerShell, CLI, ARM template, Terraform, and Bicep, maximum resiliency can be achieved by creating a second ExpressRoute circuit in a different ExpressRoute location and establishing a connection to it. The Azure portal provides a guided experience to help you create a resilient ExpressRoute configuration. For non-production and non-critical workloads, you can achieve standard resiliency by connecting to a single ExpressRoute circuit that offers redundant connections within a single peering location. To ensure maximum resiliency, Microsoft recommends that you connect to two ExpressRoute circuits in two peering locations. Microsoft offers multiple ExpressRoute peering locations in many geopolitical regions.
However, connectivity providers use redundant devices to ensure that your connections are handed off to Microsoft in a redundant manner. You might choose not to deploy redundant devices/Ethernet circuits at your end. Microsoft requires dual BGP connections from the connectivity provider or your network edge – one to each MSEE. RedundancyĮach ExpressRoute circuit consists of two connections to two Microsoft Enterprise edge routers (MSEEs) at an ExpressRoute Location from the connectivity provider or your network edge. More details can be found in the ExpressRoute circuit and routing domains article. We establish multiple BGP sessions with your network for different traffic profiles. Microsoft uses BGP, an industry standard dynamic routing protocol, to exchange routes between your on-premises network, your instances in Azure, and Microsoft public addresses. Built-in redundancy in every peering location for higher reliability.įor more information, see the ExpressRoute FAQ.
Dynamic routing between your network and Microsoft via BGP.Global connectivity to Microsoft services across all regions with the ExpressRoute premium add-on.Connectivity to Microsoft cloud services across all regions in the geopolitical region.Connectivity can be from an any-to-any (IPVPN) network, a point-to-point Ethernet connection, or through a virtual cross-connection via an Ethernet exchange. Layer 3 connectivity between your on-premises network and the Microsoft Cloud through a connectivity provider.This is the ExpressRoute circuit's point of entry into Microsoft's network. In the context of ExpressRoute, the Microsoft Edge describes the edge routers on the Microsoft side of the ExpressRoute circuit.