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Challenge 5: Networking - Connect Two Virtual Networks Using Azure VNET Peering

Here is what you will learn 🎯

How to connect 2 virtual networks with Azure VNET Peering. Our final architecture should look like this:

At first you will deploy the start environment and then you will implement the peering.

Table of Contents

1. Deploy the Starting Point
2. Implement the VNET peering
3. Check if the peering works
4. Cleanup

Deploy the Starting Point

In this directory there is an ARM-template which 2 virtual networks and 2 VMs and its requirements (networking, disks,...):

Deploy this scenario into your subscription by clicking on the
button.

Name	Value
Resource group	(new) rg-VNETPeering
Location	West Europe
Admin user	demouser
Admin password	%some complex value%
Vm Size	Standard_B2s or try e.g. Standard_F2s_v2
Disk Sku	StandardSSD_LRS

The result should look similar to this:

Implement the VNET peering

You need to create the peerings on each virtual network:

• VNET1 ---> VNET2
• VNET2 ---> VNET1

The wizard in the portal is smart enough to let create 2 peerings in a single step. Select e.g. VNET1 as starting point:

[Azure Portal] 
-> Resource Groups 
-> "rg-VNETPeering" 
-> "VNET1" 
-> Peerings -> Add

Name	Value
This virtual network (Peering link name)	VNET1-to-VNET2
Virtual Network (to peer with)	VNET2
Remote virtual network (Peering link name)	VNET2-to-VNET1

Check if the peering works

1. Connect to one VM through RDP using its public ip address: e.g. VMonVNET1 through

[Azure Portal] 
-> Virtual Machines 
-> "VMonVNET1" 
-> Connect

User	Password
demouser	%your deployment password%

2. Open a command prompt and ping the other VM using its internal IP: In our case VMonVNET2 - should be 192.168.100.4:

Cleanup

Delete the resource group rg-VNETPeering

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