Azure Advisor - Virtual Network should be protected by Azure Firewall

JKFrancis 76 Reputation points
2022-01-28T18:37:24.823+00:00

Azure Advisor is suggesting that we protect our virtual network by Azure Firewall (Low alert) but in the process of doing this, it is asking us for Public IP address . This is risky, why would we want to have poke a hole to have a Public IP address.

Can someone give me more details on this and what are the consequences of not doing this.

Azure Firewall
Azure Firewall
An Azure network security service that is used to protect Azure Virtual Network resources.
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  1. GitaraniSharma-MSFT 47,591 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2022-02-02T10:29:22.817+00:00

    Hello @JKFrancis ,

    Apologies for the delay in response.

    Azure Advisor recommends solutions that can help you improve the cost effectiveness, performance, reliability and security of your Azure resources and help you follow best practices to optimize your Azure deployments.
    These are general advisory suggestions from Azure but not a requirement and you can choose to implement them if you consider that your environment/setup align with the recommended configuration, otherwise you can simply ignore them.

    You can simply postpone/dismiss a recommendation that doesn't suit your needs:
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/advisor/advisor-overview#can-i-postpone-or-dismiss-a-recommendation
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/advisor/advisor-get-started#postpone-or-dismiss-recommendations

    Kindly let us know if the above helps or you need further assistance on this issue.

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