VM to VM Encryption-in-transit

isanjayvig 

Hi, 

see below

1. Is data moving between VM to VM safe from snooping and MITM attacks?

---: Yes it's safe from snooping, see the details Azure encryption overview | Microsoft Docs

2. Would be an overkill to encrypt the data in-transit in between these two Virtual Machines?

---: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/azure-security-network-security-best-practices

Usually its safe to say that a private network is isolated from the rest of everything unless explicitly allowing traffic. Also, if you're concerned about data being encrypted at rest and in transit you could just copy through RDP or SSH on Windows. There are a number of options. Hope this helps!

Thanks