ExpressRoute documentation

Learn how to use ExpressRoute to set up a fast, private connection to Microsoft cloud services from your on-premises infrastructure or colocation facility.

• ExpressRoute documentation
• Get started
  • What is ExpressRoute?
  • Well-Architected for ExpressRoute
  • Before you start using ExpressRoute
    • Prerequisites
    • Understand connectivity models
    • Workflows
    • Connect Azure to public cloud
    • Routing requirements
  • Peering locations and partners
    • Providers by location
    • Locations by provider
  • FAQ
  • Service limitations
  • Quickstarts
    • Create an ExpressRoute circuit - Portal
    • Create an ExpressRoute circuit - PowerShell
    • Create an ExpressRoute circuit - CLI
    • Create an ExpressRoute circuit - Bicep
    • Create an ExpressRoute circuit - ARM template
    • Create an ExpressRoute circuit - Terraform
• Configure
  • Circuit configuration
    • Overview
    • Create and modify peering configuration
      • Azure portal
      • Azure PowerShell
      • Azure CLI
    • Private peering
      • Link a virtual network to an ExpressRoute circuit
        • Azure portal
        • Azure PowerShell
        • Azure CLI
        • Convert legacy connections
      • Cross-network connectivity
      • Establish a private connection to a virtual network
      • BGP community
      • Configure BGP community for VNet
        • Azure portal
        • Azure PowerShell
      • Add IPv6 support for private peering
        • Azure portal
        • Azure PowerShell
        • Azure CLI
      • Connectivity between virtual networks
    • Microsoft peering
      • Routing Microsoft 365 traffic over ExpressRoute
      • Configure route filters for Microsoft peering
        • Azure portal
        • Azure PowerShell
        • Azure CLI
      • QoS requirements
      • Routing Microsoft PSTN traffic over ExpressRoute
    • Enable and disable peerings
      • Azure portal
      • Azure PowerShell
    • Bandwidth
      • Overview
      • Upgrade circuit bandwidth
        • Azure portal
        • Azure PowerShell
        • Azure CLI
  • Configure site-to-site coexisting connections
    • Azure portal
    • Azure PowerShell
  • Global Reach
    • Overview
    • Configure Global Reach
      • Azure portal
      • Azure PowerShell
  • FastPath
    • Overview
    • Configure FastPath
      • Azure portal
      • Azure PowerShell
• Deploy
  • ExpressRoute Metro
  • ExpressRoute Direct
    • Overview
    • Configure ExpressRoute Direct
      • Azure portal
      • Azure PowerShell
      • Azure CLI
    • Configure MACsec for ExpressRoute Direct ports
    • Rate limit for ExpressRoute Direct circuit
  • ExpressRoute gateway
    • Overview
    • Configure a virtual network gateway
      • Azure portal
      • Azure PowerShell
  • Zone-redundant gateway
    • Overview
    • Deploy a zone-redundant gateway
    • Migrate to zone-redundant gateway
      • Overview
      • Migrate
        • Azure portal
        • Azure PowerShell
  • Traffic collector
    • Overview
    • Configure Traffic Collector
• Resiliency
  • Design and architecture
    • Overview
    • High Availability
    • Disaster recovery
      • Private peering
      • Using VPN as a backup
  • Evaluate ExpressRoute circuit resiliency
  • Resiliency Insights
  • Resiliency Validation
• Security
  • Security baseline
  • Roles and permissions
  • Encryption
    • Overview
    • Encrypt traffic over circuits
      • Configure a site-to-site VPN over Microsoft peering
      • IPsec VPN over private peering
      • Configure IPsec transport mode for Windows hosts
  • Network security blog
• Operational excellence
  • Plan and manage costs
  • Rate limit for service provider ports
  • BFD over ExpressRoute
  • Migrate to a new circuit
  • Best practices
    • Best practices for network security and cloud services
    • Optimize routing
    • Asymmetric routing
    • NAT for ExpressRoute
  • Monitoring
    • Monitor ExpressRoute
    • Network Insights
    • Configure Connection Monitoring for ExpressRoute
    • Configure ExpressRoute Traffic Collector
    • View and configure maintenance alerts
    • Configure custom alerts to monitor advertised routes
  • Planned maintenance
    • Guidance
    • Configure controlled gateway maintenance
  • Work remotely
    • Support for working remotely
    • Hybrid connectivity for remote users
• Troubleshoot
  • Obtain correlation ID
  • Verifying ExpressRoute connectivity
  • Resolving network performance issues
  • Reset a failed circuit
  • Getting ARP tables
  • Getting ARP tables Classic
  • Questions & answers
• Reference
  • Monitoring data reference
  • Azure PowerShell
  • Azure CLI
  • REST
  • REST classic
  • Resource Manager template
• Resources
  • Configure a router for ExpressRoute
    • Configure a router
    • Router configuration samples for NAT
  • Backend connectivity interoperability
    • Control plane analysis
  • Networking blog
  • Pricing
  • Pricing calculator
  • Service updates
  • SLA
  • ExpressRoute for Cloud Solution Providers CSP
  • Videos
    • Connect a virtual network gateway to a circuit
    • Create a virtual network for ExpressRoute
    • Create a virtual network gateway for ExpressRoute
    • Create an ExpressRoute circuit
    • Evolve your network infrastructure for connectivity
    • How to set up private peering for your circuit
    • Hybrid partnerships: Enabling on-premises scenarios
    • Set up Microsoft peering for your circuit
  • Classic and legacy articles
    • Modify a circuit
    • Create and modify peering configuration
    • Link a virtual network to an ExpressRoute circuit
    • Configure ExpressRoute and S2S coexisting connections
    • Change circuit from classic to Resource Manager
      • Overview
      • Move a circuit from classic to Resource Manager
      • Migrate associated virtual networks from classic to Resource Manager