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ExpressRoute for Dedicated Connections

📖 Scenario: You work for a company that needs a private, dedicated network connection to Azure. This connection should not use the public internet to ensure security and reliability. You will set up an Azure ExpressRoute circuit to create this dedicated connection.

🎯 Goal: Create an Azure ExpressRoute circuit with the specified parameters to establish a dedicated private connection to Azure.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create a resource group named ExpressRouteRG in the eastus region.

Create an ExpressRoute circuit named MyExpressRouteCircuit with a bandwidth of 200 Mbps.

Set the service provider to Equinix and the peering location to Silicon Valley.

Configure the SKU tier as Standard and family as MeteredData.

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Companies use ExpressRoute to create private, secure, and reliable connections between their on-premises networks and Azure data centers, bypassing the public internet.

💼 Career

Cloud engineers and network administrators often configure ExpressRoute circuits to meet enterprise networking requirements for security and performance.

1

Create the resource group

Create a resource group named ExpressRouteRG in the eastus region using Azure CLI command az group create.

Azure

# Use az group create to make resource group ExpressRouteRG in eastus
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use az group create --name ExpressRouteRG --location eastus to create the resource group.

2

Define ExpressRoute circuit parameters

Create variables for the ExpressRoute circuit name MyExpressRouteCircuit, bandwidth 200 Mbps, service provider Equinix, peering location Silicon Valley, SKU tier Standard, and SKU family MeteredData.

Azure

az group create --name ExpressRouteRG --location eastus
# Define variables for circuit name, bandwidth, service provider, peering location, SKU tier, and SKU family
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Assign each parameter to a variable with the exact names: circuit_name, bandwidth, service_provider, peering_location, sku_tier, and sku_family.

3

Create the ExpressRoute circuit

Use the Azure CLI command az network express-route create with the variables circuit_name, bandwidth, service_provider, peering_location, sku_tier, and sku_family to create the ExpressRoute circuit in the resource group ExpressRouteRG.

Azure

az group create --name ExpressRouteRG --location eastus
circuit_name=MyExpressRouteCircuit
bandwidth=200
service_provider=Equinix
peering_location="Silicon Valley"
sku_tier=Standard
sku_family=MeteredData
# Create the ExpressRoute circuit using az network express-route create
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use the variables with $ prefix in the Azure CLI command to create the circuit.

4

Verify the ExpressRoute circuit creation

Add the Azure CLI command az network express-route show with the circuit name MyExpressRouteCircuit and resource group ExpressRouteRG to verify the ExpressRoute circuit details.

Azure

az group create --name ExpressRouteRG --location eastus
circuit_name=MyExpressRouteCircuit
bandwidth=200
service_provider=Equinix
peering_location="Silicon Valley"
sku_tier=Standard
sku_family=MeteredData
az network express-route create --name $circuit_name --resource-group ExpressRouteRG --bandwidth $bandwidth --provider $service_provider --peering-location $peering_location --sku-tier $sku_tier --sku-family $sku_family
# Verify the ExpressRoute circuit details
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use az network express-route show --name $circuit_name --resource-group ExpressRouteRG to check the circuit.