Make your connections fast, reliable and private
Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute lets you extend your on-premises networks into the Microsoft cloud over a private connection. With ExpressRoute, you can establish connections to Microsoft cloud services, such as Microsoft Azure and Office 365.
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Key Benefits of Azure ExpressRoute
Using a Cinos provided network connection we can provide an end to end managed Microsoft ExpressRoute connectivity with the following key benefits:
Expanded Benefits of Azure ExpressRoute
Layer 3 connectivity
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. We establish multiple BGP sessions with your network for different traffic profiles.
Redundancy
Each ExpressRoute circuit consists of two connections to two Microsoft Enterprise edge routers (MSEEs) at an ExpressRoute Location from the connectivity provider/your network edge. Microsoft requires dual BGP connection from the connectivity provider/your network edge – one to each MSEE. You may choose not to deploy redundant devices/Ethernet circuits at your end.
Connectivity to Microsoft cloud services
ExpressRoute connections enable access to the following services:
Connectivity to all regions within a geopolitical region
You can connect to Microsoft in one of our peering locations and access regions within the geopolitical region. For example, if you connect to Microsoft in Amsterdam through ExpressRoute, you’ll have access to all Microsoft cloud services hosted in Northern and Western Europe.
Global connectivity with ExpressRoute Premium
You can enable ExpressRoute Premium to extend connectivity across geopolitical boundaries. For example, if you connect to Microsoft in Amsterdam through ExpressRoute you’ll have access to all Microsoft cloud services hosted in all regions across the world. You can also access services deployed in South America or Australia the same way you access North and West Europe regions. National clouds are excluded.
Local connectivity with ExpressRoute Local
You can transfer data cost-effectively by enabling the Local SKU. With Local SKU, you can bring your data to an ExpressRoute location near the Azure region you want. With Local, data transfer is included in the ExpressRoute port charge.
Across on-premises connectivity with ExpressRoute Global Reach
You can enable ExpressRoute Global Reach to exchange data across your on-premises sites by connecting your ExpressRoute circuits. For example, if you have a private data centre in California connected to an ExpressRoute circuit in Silicon Valley and another private data centre in Texas connected to an ExpressRoute circuit in Dallas. With ExpressRoute Global Reach, you can connect your private data centres together through these two ExpressRoute circuits. Your cross-data-centre traffic will traverse through Microsoft’s network.
Connectivity to national clouds
Microsoft operates isolated cloud environments for special geopolitical regions and customer segments.
ExpressRoute Direct
ExpressRoute Direct provides customers the opportunity to connect directly into Microsoft’s global network at peering locations strategically distributed across the world. ExpressRoute Direct provides dual 100-Gbps connectivity, which supports Active/Active connectivity at scale.
Key features that ExpressRoute Direct provides include, but aren’t limited to:
Features of Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute
Use a virtual private cloud for storage, backup and recovery
ExpressRoute gives you a fast and reliable connection to Azure with bandwidths up to 100 Gbps, which makes it excellent for scenarios such as periodic data migration, replication for business continuity, disaster recovery and other high-availability strategies. It can be a cost-effective option for transferring large amounts of data, such as datasets for high-performance computing applications, or moving large virtual machines between your dev-test environment in an Azure virtual private cloud and your on-premises production environments.
Extend and connect your data centres
Use ExpressRoute to both connect and add compute and storage capacity to your existing data centres. With high throughput and fast latencies, Azure will feel like a natural extension to or between your data centres, so you enjoy the scale and economics of the public cloud without having to compromise on network performance.
Build hybrid applications
With predictable, reliable and high-throughput connections offered by ExpressRoute, build applications that span on-premises infrastructure and Azure without compromising privacy or performance. For example, run a corporate intranet application in Azure that authenticates your customers with an on-premises Active Directory service, and serve all your corporate customers without traffic ever routing through the public Internet.
