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
• Overview
  • What is ExpressRoute?
  • Well-Architected for ExpressRoute
• 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
• Tutorials
  • Establish a private connection to a virtual network
• Concepts
  • Work remotely
    • Support for working remotely
    • Hybrid connectivity for remote users
  • Before you start using ExpressRoute
    • Prerequisites
    • Connectivity models
    • Workflows
    • Routing requirements
  • Locations and partners
    • Providers by location
    • Locations by provider
  • ExpressRoute FAQ
  • Circuits and peering
    • About circuits and peering
    • About upgrading circuit bandwidth
    • Moving circuits from classic to Resource Manager
  • About ExpressRoute gateways
  • About zone-redundant gateways for Availability Zones
  • About Migrating to an AZ gateway
  • About ExpressRoute FastPath
  • About ExpressRoute Direct
  • About ExpressRoute Global Reach
  • About ExpressRoute Metro
  • About ExpressRoute encryption
  • About ExpressRoute limits
  • Design architecture for ExpressRoute resiliency
  • ExpressRoute Traffic Collector
  • Connect Azure to public cloud
  • Connectivity between virtual networks
  • Planned maintenance guidance
  • Cross-network connectivity
  • BGP communities
  • Security
    • Security baseline
    • Roles and permissions
  • BFD over ExpressRoute
  • QoS requirements
  • Rate limit for service provider ports
  • Routing Microsoft 365 traffic over ExpressRoute
  • Routing Microsoft PSTN traffic over ExpressRoute
  • High Availability - Design
  • Disaster Recovery - Design
    • Private Peering
    • Using VPN as a backup
• How-to guides
  • Configure ExpressRoute
    • Create and modify peering configuration
      • Azure portal
      • Azure PowerShell
      • Azure CLI
    • Configure a virtual network gateway for ExpressRoute
      • Azure portal
      • Azure PowerShell
    • Link a virtual network to an ExpressRoute circuit
      • Azure portal
      • Azure PowerShell
      • Azure CLI
  • Configure route filters for Microsoft peering
    • Azure portal
    • Azure PowerShell
    • Azure CLI
  • Configuring ExpressRoute Direct
    • Configure ExpressRoute Direct
      • Azure portal
      • Azure PowerShell
      • Azure CLI
    • Configure MACsec for ExpressRoute Direct ports
  • Configure ExpressRoute Global Reach
    • Azure portal
    • Azure PowerShell
  • Add IPv6 support for private peering
    • Azure portal
    • Azure PowerShell
    • Azure CLI
  • 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
  • Evaluate ExpressRoute circuit resiliency
  • Configure customer-controlled gateway maintenance
  • Managing peerings
    • Enable and disable peerings
      • Azure portal
      • Azure PowerShell
    • Configure BGP community value for VNet
      • Azure portal
      • Azure PowerShell
  • 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
  • Redundancy
    • Configure ExpressRoute and site-to-site coexisting connections
      • Azure portal
      • Azure PowerShell
    • Create a zone-redundant VNet gateway in Azure Availability Zones
  • Plan and manage costs
  • Rate limit for ExpressRoute Direct circuit
  • Migrate to a new circuit
  • Migrate to an AZ gateway
    • Azure portal
    • Azure PowerShell
  • Moving from classic to Resource Manager
    • Move a circuit from classic to Resource Manager
    • Migrate associated virtual networks from classic to Resource Manager
  • Best Practices
    • Best practices for network security and cloud services
    • Optimize routing
    • Asymmetric routing
    • NAT for ExpressRoute
  • Troubleshoot
    • Obtain correlation ID
    • Verifying ExpressRoute connectivity
    • Resolving network performance issues
    • Reset a failed circuit
    • Getting ARP tables
    • Getting ARP tables Classic
• 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
  • Azure Roadmap
  • Networking Blog
  • Pricing
  • Pricing calculator
  • Service updates
  • SLA
  • Subscription and Service Limits
  • 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