ExpressRoute documentation

Learn how to use ExpressRoute to set up a fast, private connection to Microsoft cloud services from your on-premises infrastructure or colocation facility.

About ExpressRoute

Overview

• What is ExpressRoute?

Concept

• FAQ

Training

• Introduction to Azure ExpressRoute
• Connect your on-premises network to the Microsoft global network using ExpressRoute

Reference

• Pricing
• SLA agreement

Get started

Tutorial

• Create and modify a circuit
• Create and modify peering for a circuit
• Connect a VNet to a circuit
• Configure route filters

Planning

Concept

• Prerequisites and checklist
• Workflows
• Circuits and peerings
• Routing requirements
• BFD over ExpressRoute
• QOS requirements
• Providers organized by location
• Locations organized by provider

Design

Concept

• Connectivity models
• Design for high availability
• Design for Disaster Recovery with private peering

Resiliency

Concept

• Design architecture for ExpressRoute resiliency
• ExpressRoute Metro

How-To Guide

• Create Maximum resiliency with ExpressRoute circuits
• Create Maximum resiliency with ExpressRoute gateways

Architecture

• ExpressRoute reliability - Azure Well-Architected Framework

Learn about ExpressRoute architecture

Architecture

• Extend an on-premises network using ExpressRoute
• Connect an on-premises network to Azure using ExpressRoute

Encrypt traffic

How-To Guide

• Configure site-to-site VPN over a Microsoft peering
• Configure IPsec transport mode for private peering

Monitoring

How-To Guide

• Configure monitoring, metrics, and alerts
• Configure Network Performance Monitor

ExpressRoute Direct

Concept

• What is ExpressRoute Direct?
• FastPath
• ExpressRoute Direct FAQ

How-To Guide

• Configure ExpressRoute Direct

ExpressRoute Global Reach

Concept

• What is Global Reach?
• Global Reach FAQ

How-To Guide

• Configure Global Reach

Reference

Reference

• Azure CLI
• Azure PowerShell
• REST

Architecture

• Reference Architecture for Hybrid Networking
• Reference Architecture for Hybrid Networking with VPN Failover