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Azure Virtual WAN

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What is Azure Virtual WAN?

Microsoft's Azure Virtual WAN connects global branch offices, point-of-sale locations, and sites using Azure and the Microsoft global network. With it the user can plan, configure, and seamlessly deploy new connections.

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Centralized and secured network operational activities.

Incentivized
Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Azure virtual WAN has been deployed in our corporation to unify our networking and routing workflows. We are able to connect hubs between endpoints in a simplified way in a standard virtual WAN. We are using its powerful branch connectivity features to automate connectivity with SD-WAN and its other partner devices.

Pros

  • Provides a view of end-to-end flow across Azure allowing for automatic troubleshooting.
  • We are able to seamlessly connect our virtual networks to Azure hub.
  • Site to Site VPN connectivity automates on premise and Azure hub connections.

Cons

  • Integrations are limited within Azure. It is difficult to carry out multi-cloud integrations.
  • If you haven't understood your monthly cost you can receive price shocks.

Most Important Features

  • VPN connectivity.
  • integrated connectivity solutions.
  • Robust routing capabilities.
  • Security
  • Scalability.

Return on Investment

  • Automatic troubleshooting solves incidents without costing our operational time.
  • We are able unify all our operational activities.

Other Software Used

IBM Resilient Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR), IBM Networking Services for Software Defined Networks, Azure Bot Service (Microsoft Bot Framework)

Azure Virtual WAN -- A scalable, all in one solution for your Network backbone

Incentivized
Verified User
Consultant in Information Technology (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

As I am working as a consultant in the Oil and gas domain in my current organization, we are using Azure Virtual WAN as our primary Cloud provider. So there are a Lot of Vnets in multiple locations, we are using Azure Virtual WAN for handling Site to Site VPN Connectivity, Routing, Intracloud connectivity, and a lot more communications between multiple sites.

Pros

  • It offers a seamless experience while connecting Virtual networks and Workloads via Azure Hub.
  • Lot of connectivity options present - site to site VPN/Express route etc.
  • Very easy connectivity and migration with on-premise sites and Azure Hub.

Cons

  • Learning and managing Azure Virtual WAN has quite a steep learning curve.
  • Flexibility and solutions are limited to the available feature set compared to a classic hub and spoke.
  • Sometimes can cost very high if not used efficiently.

Most Important Features

  • Provides a rich feature set and automation.
  • All in one solution/service provided by Azure for connectivity, security, and monitoring.
  • Easy Upscaling and downscaling of the environment without any downtime.

Return on Investment

  • With Azure Virtual WAN we were able to centralize our dysfunctional network infrastructure.
  • The cost was effectively decreased as we were using Pay-as-yo-go model.
  • As this provides very good troubleshooting, we were able to solve the issues faster which resulted in a Good SLA, and helped in getting more projects from the customer.

Alternatives Considered

CenturyLink SD-WAN Solutions

Other Software Used

Azure App Service, Azure Blob Storage, Azure Bot Service (Microsoft Bot Framework)