Tutorial: Configure both routing preference options for a virtual machine using the Azure portal

This article shows you how to configure both routing preference options (Internet and Microsoft global network) for a virtual machine (VM). This configuration is achieved using two virtual network interfaces. One network interface is configured with a public IP routed via the Microsoft global network. The other network interface is configured with a public IP routed via an ISP network.

In this tutorial, you learn how to:

• Create a virtual machine with a public IP address with the Microsoft network routing preference.
• Create a public IP address with the Internet routing preference.
• Create a secondary network interface for the virtual machine.
• Associate the Internet routing preference public IP to the virtual machine secondary network interface.
• Attach secondary network interface to virtual machine.

Prerequisites

• An Azure account with an active subscription. Create an account for free.

Create the virtual machine

In this section, you'll create a virtual machine and public IP address. During the public IP address configuration, you'll select Microsoft network for routing preference.

1. Sign in to the Azure portal.

2. In the portal search box, enter Virtual machine. In the search results, select Virtual machines.

3. In Virtual machines, select + Create, then + Virtual machine.

4. In the Basics tab of Create a virtual machine, enter, or select the following information.

   Setting	Value
   Project details
   Subscription	Select your subscription.
   Resource group	Select Create new. Enter TutorVMMixRoutePref-rg. Select OK.
   Instance details
   Virtual machine name	Enter myVM.
   Region	Select (US) West US 2.
   Availability options	Select No infrastructure redundancy required.
   Image	Select Windows Server 2019 Datacenter - Gen2.
   Azure Spot instance	Leave the default of unchecked.
   Size	Select a size.
   Administrator account
   Username	Enter a username.
   Password	Enter a password.
   Confirm password	Reenter password.
   Inbound port rules
   Public inbound ports	Select Allow selected ports.
   Select inbound ports	Leave the default of RDP (3389). Opening port 3389 from the internet is not recommended for production workloads.

   

5. Select Next: Disks then Next: Networking, or select the Networking tab.

6. In the networking tab, enter or select the following information.

   Setting	Value
   Network interface
   Virtual network	Leave the default of (new) TutorVMMixRoutePref-rg-vnet.
   Subnet	Leave the default of (new) default (10.1.0.0/24).
   Public IP	Select Create new. In Name, enter myPublicIP. Select Standard in SKU. In Routing preference, select Microsoft network. Select OK.

   

7. Select Review + create.

8. Select Create.

Create the public IP address

In this section, you'll create a public IP address with the Internet routing preference.

1. In the portal search box, enter Public IP address. In the search results, select Public IP addresses.

2. Select + Create.

3. In Create public IP address, enter or select the following information:

   Setting	Value
   IP Version	Leave the default of IPv4.
   SKU	Leave the default of Standard.
   Tier	Leave the default of Regional.
   IPv4 IP Address Configuration
   Name	Enter myPublicIP-IR.
   Routing preference	Select Internet.
   Subscription	Select your subscription.
   Resource group	Select TutorVMMixRoutePref-rg.
   Location	Select West US 2.

   

4. Select Create.

Create the secondary NIC

In this section, you'll create a secondary network interface for the virtual machine you created previously.

1. In the portal search box, enter Network interface. In the search results, select Network interfaces.

2. Select + Create.

3. In Create network interface, enter or select the following information:

   Setting	Value
   Project details
   Subscription	Select your subscription.
   Resource group	Select TutorVMMixRoutePref-rg.
   Name	Enter myVMNic2.
   Region	Select West US 2.
   Virtual network	Select TutorVMMixRoutePref-rg-vnet.
   Subnet	Select TutorVMMixRoutePref-rg-vnet/default (10.1.0.0/24).
   Network security group	Select myVM-nsg.

   

4. Select the Review + create tab, or select the Review + create button at the bottom of the page.

5. Select Create.

Associate the public IP address with secondary NIC

In this section, you'll associate the Internet routing preference public IP address you created previously with the network interface you created in the previous section.

1. In the portal search box, enter Public IP address. In the search results, select Public IP addresses.

2. Select myPublicIP-IR.

3. In the Overview page of myPublic-IR, select Associate.

   

4. In Associate public IP address, select Network interface in the Resource type pull-down box.

5. Select myVMNic2 in the Network interface pull-down box.

   

6. Select OK.

Attach secondary network interface to virtual machine

In this section, you'll attach the secondary network interface you created previously to the virtual machine.

1. In the portal search box, enter Virtual machine. In the search results, select Virtual machines.

2. Select myVM.

3. Stop myVM if it's running, otherwise continue to next step.

4. In myVM, select Networking in Settings.

5. In Networking of myVM, select Attach network interface.

   

6. In Attach network interface, select myVMNic2 in the pull-down box.

   

7. Select OK.

Clean up resources

If you're not going to continue to use this application, delete the public IP addresses and virtual machine with the following steps:

1. In the search box at the top of the portal, enter Resource group.

2. In the search results, select Resource groups.

3. Select TutorVMMixRoutePref-rg

4. Select Delete resource group.

5. Enter myResourceGroup for TYPE THE RESOURCE GROUP NAME and select Delete.

Next steps

Advance to the next article to learn how to create a public IP prefix:

Configure routing preference for a Kubernetes cluster using Azure CLI