Ho to Tracert on Azure VM Windows Server

Question

Hallo Expert,

How to tracert on Azure VM Windows Server? so I know which side of the network is disconnected.

and i dont know why azure dropped traceroute. so i can't troubleshoot the network where is hop is down.

Please tell me a solution.
Thanks

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Answer 1

Hi,

In Azure, you cannot relay on ICMP based troubleshooting tools. Tracert will work in few scenarios and will not work in few.

I would suggest you to try Network watcher connection monitor which gives you a better insight of where the packet might be dropping: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/network-watcher/connection-monitor-overview

Also if that didn't help your scenario, can you please tell me more about your environment ?

1. What is your Source ?
2. What is your Destination ?
3. How is Source to Destination connected ? Via Express Route, VPN Gateway, etc ?

Regards,

Karthik Srinivas

Answer 2

Here's how you can make traceroutes from Azure VM:

https://blog.lvl80.net/2025/04/traceroute-in-azure.html