Background Many Azure deployments follow a hub-and-spoke topology: one VNet is designated as the hub and holds the connection to on-premises (via ExpressRoute Gateway, VPN Gateway, or both), and wo...

Introduction In a previous blog post, we described how Azure Virtual Network Manager (AVNM) enables central teams to enforce security admin rules across hundreds of virtual networks—bring consisten...

A meshed hybrid hub-spoke topology Azure offers two main approaches to build network architectures. This article focuses on traditional networking (using VNets, peering, route tables, etc.), rather...

We are thrilled to announce that Advanced Container Networking Services (ACNS) for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) now delivers two powerful observability features in General Availability: container n...

Azure is evolving to better support secure‑by‑default cloud architectures.      Starting with API version 2025‑07‑01 (released after March 31, 2026), newly created virtual networks now default to u...

What Is a VNet data gateway?  The VNet data gateway is a Microsoft‑managed gateway service that runs inside a delegated subnet of an Azure Virtual Network. It allows supported Microsoft cloud servi...

  We are thrilled to announce public preview of Container Network Insights Agent - Agentic AI network troubleshooting for your workloads running in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).    The C...

Introduction  Azure Private Endpoint enables secure connectivity to Azure PaaS services such as:  Azure SQL Managed Instance  Azure Container Registry  Azure Key Vault  Azure ...

Azure Virtual Network Terminal Access Point (VTAP), at the time of writing in April 2026 in public preview in select regions, copies network traffic from source Virtual Machines to a collector or tra...

Megaport is an ExpressRoute partner in many locations. The Megaport Cloud Router (MCR) allows ExpressRoute customers to connect leased lines to their on-premise locations, and to connect other Clou...