Step-by-step process to create Azure Virtual Network Manager
Accessing Azure Portal
- Log in with your account credentials to Azure Portal.
Creating a Virtual Network
- From the Azure Portal, navigate to Networking.
- Then, click on “Create resource”, and look for Networking, where you’ll find Virtual network.
- Fill in the required details, like your name, address, and subscription.
Configuring subnets and IP addressing
- Once you are in the Virtual Network settings, scroll down and click on Subnets.
- Now the final step is click on “Add subnet” to create one or multiple subnets inside VNet
- Input the subnet name, address range and any network security groups, if applicable.
Method of Securing Network Security Groups
- Go to the network Security group blades in azure portal.
- For the NSG, you can either create a new one or use an existing one.
- Define the inbound and outbound security rules as per your requirement:
What is Azure Virtual Network Manager
If you think about it, in the big picture of cloud computing, network management is a critical functionality for proper operation and communication signaling across disparate nodes. Of course, Microsoft Azure offers you quite a bit more than just this and that is what we are going to explore shortly but again, the topic of Azure Virtual Network Manager would always be one of the basic tool for managing virtual networks. In this post, I will go through everything you should know about Azure Virtual Network Manager. Including what it is, the features and benefits, typical use cases and best practices to ensure that you use this tool in a manner that befits your workloads.