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Cloud Computing · Intermediate

Azure Private Link

Azure service that exposes PaaS services or your own services through private endpoints with private IPs in your VNet.

Definition

A private endpoint is a network interface with a private IP that maps to a specific resource such as a storage account, SQL database or Key Vault, keeping traffic on the Microsoft backbone and allowing public access to be disabled. Private DNS zones (for example privatelink.blob.core.windows.net) resolve service names to private IPs.

Example

A storage account's public endpoint is disabled and VMs reach it only through a private endpoint at 10.1.2.5.

Exam tip

Private endpoints give the PaaS resource a private IP in your VNet; service endpoints do not. DNS configuration is the common pitfall.

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