You can communicate inbound to a resource by assigning a public IP address or a public Load Balancer.

Communicate to the internet: All resources in a VNet can communicate outbound to the internet, by default.

For more information, see Virtual network peering. The virtual networks you connect can be in the same, or different, Azure regions.

Communicate between each other: You can connect virtual networks to each other, enabling resources in either virtual network to communicate with each other, using virtual network peering.

To view a complete list of Azure resources that you can deploy into a virtual network, see Virtual network service integration.

Communicate between Azure resources: You can deploy VMs, and several other types of Azure resources to a virtual network, such as Azure App Service Environments, the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets.

Virtual networkĪzure Virtual Network (VNet) is the fundamental building block for your private network in Azure. This section describes services that provide connectivity between Azure resources, connectivity from an on-premises network to Azure resources, and branch to branch connectivity in Azure - Virtual Network (VNet), ExpressRoute, VPN Gateway, Virtual WAN, Virtual network NAT Gateway, Azure DNS, Azure Peering service, and Azure Bastion.

Network monitoring: Monitor your network resources using any or a combination of these networking services in Azure - Network Watcher, ExpressRoute Monitor, Azure Monitor, or VNet Terminal Access Point (TAP).

Application delivery services: Deliver applications in the Azure network using any or a combination of these networking services in Azure - Content Delivery Network (CDN), Azure Front Door Service, Traffic Manager, Application Gateway, Internet Analyzer, and Load Balancer.

Application protection services: Protect your applications using any or a combination of these networking services in Azure - Load Balancer, Private Link, DDoS protection, Firewall, Network Security Groups, Web Application Firewall, and Virtual Network Endpoints.

Connectivity services: Connect Azure resources and on-premises resources using any or a combination of these networking services in Azure - Virtual Network (VNet), Virtual WAN, ExpressRoute, VPN Gateway, Virtual network NAT Gateway, Azure DNS, Peering service, and Azure Bastion.

Click any of the following key capabilities to learn more about them: The networking services in Azure provide a variety of networking capabilities that can be used together or separately.

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