Explore
Tutorial:
Create a virtual network in Windows Azure This tutorial walks you through the steps to create a Windows Azure virtual network. After you complete the tutorial, you'll have a virtual network that you can deploy your Windows Azure services to.
Guidance:
Windows Azure Virtual Network Overview Technical library guidance to help you get started with Virtual Network. Learn about network configuration, VPN devices and affinity groups for virtual networks, and how to monitor network traffic.
Video:
Introduction to Windows Azure Virtual Machine Networking Understand how to use virtual networks with Windows Azure virtual machines in this brief technical video.
Video:
Extending Enterprise Networks to Windows Azure using Windows Azure Virtual Network Learn about how to extend your enterprise network to Windows Azure from this TechEd Europe 2012 presentation.
Design
Guidance:
Windows Azure Name Resolution Learn how to use this related technology to connect to virtual machines and role instances within a cloud service by hostname directly by using the name resolution service provided by Windows Azure.
Guidance:
Windows Azure Traffic Manager Learn how to use this related technology to control the distribution of user traffic to similar hosted services running in the same datacenter or in different datacenters around the world.
Reference:
Windows Azure Schema Reference Documentation for the schema used in the network configuration file, which you use to specify Virtual Network configuration settings.
Deploy
Tutorial:
Create a Virtual Network for Cross-Premises Connectivity This tutorial walks you through the steps to create a virtual network that connects to your company's network.
Guidance:
About Configuring a Virtual Network in the Management Portal This tutorial walks you through the steps to create a virtual network that connects to your company's network.
How To:
Network Configuration Tasks Procedures for creating an affinity group, importing config files, changing network properties, and configuring your gateway.