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Understanding virtual networks

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Understanding virtual networks

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- [Instructor] Before creating a virtual machine, we have to discuss networking. Without a network, we cannot create virtual machines. A virtual network, also known as VNet, is the fundamental building block for your private network in Azure. A virtual network is a regional software-defined network service that gives you private, public and hybrid connectivity options. A VNet is similar to a traditional network but brings additional benefits of Azure's infrastructure such as scalability, availability, and isolation. Scenarios that can be accomplished with a virtual network include communication of cloud resources with the internet, communication between cloud resources, communication with on-premises resources, filtering and routing network traffic, and integration with Azure services. A VNet supports IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. When creating a virtual network, you must supply an address space divided into one or…

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