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Public Preview: Azure virtual network routing appliance

Azure Virtual Network routing appliance offers private connectivity for workloads across virtual networks. Using specialized hardware, it delivers low latency and high throughput, and optimal performance compared to virtual machines.

Deployed into private subnet, where it acts as a managed forwarding router. Traffic can be routed using User Defined Routes (UDR) enabling spoke to spoke communication in traditional Hub & Spoke topologies.

Configured as Azure resource, integrates seamlessly with Azure’s management and governance model.

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Azure Virtual Network routing appliance is now generally available. It delivers private connectivity across virtual networks, using specialized hardware for low latency, high throughput, and better performance than virtual machines. Key benefits and functionalities:

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