By: Trevor Davis @tredavis and Carlos Villuendas @CarlosV
Challenge
ExpressRoute is the preferred method to connect the customer's on-premises environment to Azure VMware Solution (AVS), but what happens if you do not have access to ExpressRoute?
Solution
Connect your on-premises site to AVS using VPN and Azure Virtual WAN.
Azure Virtual WAN allows transit connectivity between VPN and ExpressRoute. This implies that VPN-connected sites can communicate with ExpressRoute-connected sites.
Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-wan/virtual-wan-about#transit-er
NOTE: Azure VMware Solution (AVS) is connected to the Azure backbone via an ExpressRoute.
Architecture
Important points
Installation
After Azure VMware Solution is deployed, you can connect your on-premises environment to Azure VMware Solution (AVS) using VPN and Azure Virtual WAN following these steps.
Steps 1 to 5 are covered in this article: Create a Site-to-Site connection using Azure Virtual WAN
Step 6 is covered in this article: Create an ExpressRoute association using Azure Virtual WAN
Installation notes:
To configure your on-premises VPN device, you will need to download the VPN configuration from the Azure portal, instructions here. The configuration file will look like the following image. Use VS Code to format the configuration file to look like the example in this article.
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