About Azure VPN Gateways

Azure VPN Gateway is a service that you can use to send and receive encrypted traffic between your Azure virtual networks and your on-premises networks. You can also use VPN Gateway to send encrypted traffic between your Azure virtual networks and other Azure virtual networks.

What is a VPN Gateway?

A VPN gateway is a type of virtual network gateway that you use to send encrypted traffic between your Azure virtual network and an on-premises location. The on-premises location can be a corporate datacenter or a home office. A VPN gateway can also be used to send encrypted traffic between Azure virtual networks.

Key Features and Benefits

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Secure Connectivity

Establishes secure, encrypted tunnels over the public internet, protecting your data in transit.

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Hybrid Cloud

Seamlessly connects your on-premises infrastructure with your Azure virtual networks, enabling hybrid cloud solutions.

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Site-to-Site VPN

Connects your on-premises network to your Azure virtual network securely.

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Point-to-Site VPN

Connects individual client computers to an Azure virtual network.

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Network-to-Network VPN

Connects multiple Azure virtual networks together, even across different regions.

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Scalability and Performance

Offers various SKUs to meet different bandwidth and throughput requirements.

How it Works

Azure VPN Gateway uses IPsec tunnels to provide secure connectivity. When you configure a VPN gateway, it acts as a network endpoint for VPN connections. Your on-premises VPN device or other Azure VPN gateways establish tunnels to your Azure VPN gateway. All traffic passing through these tunnels is encrypted.

Tunneling Protocols

Common Use Cases

Key Concepts

Get Started

To learn more about configuring and managing Azure VPN Gateways, please refer to the official Azure documentation:

Azure VPN Gateway Documentation