0SBSCloud computing is rapidly changing the landscape of information technology. On-premises servers, storage, databases, networking infrastructure, and software are being migrating into the cloud model, which can offer companies significant savings, increased scalability, and security.
The main cloud providers are Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, and Google Cloud, but there are many public cloud, private cloud, and hybrid cloud providers that offer different tools and levels of service.
These articles explore the cloud ecosystem and share knowledge that can be used for certification preparation and training in various tutorials, how-tos, and news.
In the previous article we learned about the basic concepts behind Azure networking. In this article we will dive deep into the services used to create a modern network that can handle high amounts of traffic.
One of the benefits of cloud infrastructure is that resources can easily scale to demand. Modern networks need to be able to scale and adapt to unpredictable changes in size and growth. Fortunately, Azure offers many services to create a scalable virtual network.
Azure virtual networks provide the key capabilities for resources to communicate with each other:
A virtual network is composed of many different components including, but not limited to, network interfaces, load balancers, subnets, network security groups, and public IP addresses.