Azure express route and virtual network peering

Question

Hello everyone,

Are Azure express route and virtual network peering the same? Because both are not used on the public network, with the only difference that Azure express route is from a site to a network and virtual network peering is between 2 virtual networks?

Kindly please clarify.

Thank you

Marouf

Answer 1

Hi @Marouf Ali ,

basically you already mentioned the main difference between Azure Express Route and peering of Azure Virtual Networks.

The peering of Azure Networks (vNets) is for connecting Azure vNets.

The Azure Express Route offers to connect from on-premises/private networks to Azure Networks.

Beside the technical differences there is a difference in pricing as well ;-)

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