Name: Azure Network: Choosing the Right Connectivity Architecture for Your Cloud
Start: 2025-10-30T12:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-10-30T13:00:00+02:00

Azure offers a vast array of networking services — from Virtual Networks to Private Links, ExpressRoute, and the new Virtual WAN architecture — but with so many choices, designing the right topology can be daunting. In this session, we’ll break down the **Azure networking stack** and help you understand **what to use, when, and why**.
You’ll learn how to:

* **Map Azure networking fundamentals** — VNets, subnets, NSGs, and routing — into scalable architectures.
* **Compare key Azure connectivity options:** VPN Gateway, ExpressRoute, and Azure Virtual WAN, including performance, cost, and reliability trade-offs.
* **Secure and segment traffic** with Network Security Groups, Azure Firewall, and Private Link.
* **Integrate hybrid environments** by connecting on-premises and multi-cloud resources through ExpressRoute and site-to-site VPNs.
* **Design for scale and governance**, using Azure Policy, Bicep, and ARM templates to enforce consistent network configuration.

This session will be recorded and published here: https://github.com/nicolasblank/AZMGZA

Warren du Toit

Nicolas Blank

The South African Azure User Group

Azure Tech Groups

Technology

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Microsoft Azure

Cross Solutions Lead Architect for MEA @ Microsoft \| Podcaster \| Speaker \| Father \| Husband \| Learner
I love to learn and believe in teaching myself as much as I can all the time, then taking my knowledge and applying it not only to the work I am doing, but to teach others so that they can do the same.




I am an experienced Solutions Architect working in Cloud. I primarily work in the Financial Services Industry providing expert architectural advice to institutions moving to the cloud.

My passion is also community and run many free to attend events with my peers.

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