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The Ins and Outs of Azure VMware Solution

By : Dr. Kevin Jellow D.H.L (h.c)
Book Image

The Ins and Outs of Azure VMware Solution

By: Dr. Kevin Jellow D.H.L (h.c)

Overview of this book

Organizations over the world are migrating partially or fully to the cloud, but with the whole slew of providers, tools, and platforms available, knowing where to start can be quite challenging. If you know Microsoft Azure VMware Solution, you know it is the quickest way to migrate to the cloud without needing application modernization or rework. You can retain the same VMware tools to manage your environment while moving to Azure. But how does it work? The Ins and Outs of Azure VMware Solution has the answer. This high-level, comprehensive yet concise guide to Azure VMware Solution starts by taking you through the architecture and its applicable use cases. It will help you hit the ground running by getting straight to the important steps: planning, deploying, configuring, and managing your Azure VMware Solution instance. You’ll be able to extend your existing knowledge of Azure and VMware by covering advanced topics such as SRM and governance, setting up a hybrid connection to your on-premises datacenter, and scaling up using disk pools. By the end of the VMware book, you’ll have gone over everything you need to transition to the cloud with ease using Azure VMware Solution.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
1
Part 1: Getting Started with Azure VMware Solution (AVS)
4
Part 2: Planning and Deploying AVS
9
Part 3: Configuring Your AVS
14
Part 4: Governance and Management for AVS

Creating an Azure Firewall policy for the AVS internet connection

A firewall policy is a set of rules that specify how traffic is sent to one or more secured virtual hubs. You will now create an empty firewall policy without any rules using the Azure Firewall Manager. You will add the rules later:

  1. From the Azure portal, type firewall manager in the resources, services and docs search bar and hit Enter on your keyboard.
  2. On the Firewall Manager page, select Azure Firewall Policies under the Security section. Click on + Create Azure Firewall Policy:
Figure 7.20 – Creating an Azure Firewall policy

Figure 7.20 – Creating an Azure Firewall policy

  1. On the Create an Azure Firewall Policy page, make sure you have the correct subscription selected. Create a new resource group or use an existing one.
  2. Under Policy details, type in a name for the new policy, then select a region where the policy will be located. It is recommended to use the same region where the vWAN and the secured...