ExpressRoute Deep Dive

An 80 minute deep dive into all aspects of ExpressRoute so grab a tasty beverage and make yourself comfortable. In this video we walk through the connectivity basics, using the different types of peering, making your deployment highly available and optimizing the routing. See note below for important point!
NOTE : 1:12:10 - You CAN use private (or public) ASN for the AS path prepending for Private Peering. Public ASN required for Microsoft peering path prepending! My bad :-)
▬▬▬▬▬▬ T I M E S T A M P S ⏰ ▬▬▬▬▬▬
0:00 - Intro
0:37 - Azure network and backbone
10:10 - SKUs
12:19 - Meet me locations
19:28 - ExpressRoute Direct
23:35 - Active-Active Connection
25:18 - Peering types
30:06 - Microsoft peering part 1
31:54 - ASN
35:37 - Microsoft peering part 2
40:46 - Private peering
44:00 - ExpressRoute Gateways
47:00 - VNet Peering
48:49 - Hub-spoke topology
50:27 - ExpressRoute FastPath
51:51 - Resiliency/Routing requirements
58:05 - BGP Analogy Explanation
1:03:33 - BGP AS PATH prepending
1:08:29 - Suboptimal routing between VNets
1:10:40 - Weighting
1:11:29 - Local Preference
1:15:41 - ExpressRoute Global Reach
1:17:57 - Summary
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[@rogerosb2u]

This is the most in-depth breakdown of ExpressRoute I’ve seen, John. I learned a ton from watching the video. Thank you for sharing this information for free!

[@NTFAQGuy]

Glad it was useful!

[@erichosseini3832]

I've read and watched lots of documents/videos on ER, and honestly this video is Golden! Covering A-Z of ExpressRoute, different options and use cases along with real world scenarios (Route Optimisation) in a single video (although a bit long haha) is nothing but awesome! Thank you again John, you are the champion! 🤙

[@ansariwn]

John - THE best tutorial. Thank you so much for doing these videos, really appreciate you taking the time out for the community.

[@ammarhasayen]

What a great video and deep knowledge you presented. One of the best videos out there! Keep it coming man we love things you do 🙌

[@NTFAQGuy]

Thanks! Will do! I appreciate the support!

[@henriquealexandreh]

Wow John! Your videos don't stop getting better. This tutorial is fantastic to be introduced to ExpressRoute. Thanks a lot again!

[@kamranzeynalov8353]

John, thanks a lot for the video you providing. Every time I am starting with the documentation and question coming to my mind, almost to all of the I can find detailed explanatino on your channel! You are great!!!

[@666vishious]

Hands down one of the best videos on Express Routes, an absolute ripper. Fantastic pictorial depiction and content of the many ER documents available online. thanks heaps

[@NTFAQGuy]

Thank you!

[@niksta007a]

Thanks for another awesome video John! I learn new stuff every time. Thought your BGP analogy was great and you even made prepending easy to understand! Great stuff!!

[@NTFAQGuy]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@atefaldebs1786]

This video is the most in-depth breakdown of Express Route on the you tube. Amazing job John, thank you!

[@NTFAQGuy]

Glad it was helpful!

[@rogerwilliams1566]

Thanks for this training, probably the most I have learned in a few hours since I was revising for my Windows NT Aministrator exam! Really appreciated, first class, especially with the sections marked so one is able to jump about as needed.

[@astroEnthusiast1]

Beautifully done, John!!! Thank you, that was a solid explanation of all the types of Azure Express Route's and networking!!!

[@TeymurRzayev]

The best way to spend 1 hour and 20 minutes of your life. Thanks for sharing this precious knowledge with us John!

[@NTFAQGuy]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@davidespano8674]

I can only confirm what many others here have already noted. It is an excellent and comprehensive guide to ExpressRoute. Thank you very much for your effort and for making it available for free for all here on KZbin.

[@NTFAQGuy]

Glad it was helpful!

[@davidpui4675]

Thank you very much John for creating this video. You explained this topic very thoroughly and very well. In fact you make everything seems simple by using analogy such as Mr V, Coffee shop, Pizza Place, Park etc. Looking forward for more topics.

[@joshc7865]

I have to say John, you are by far the best explained of Azure topics, thanks for providing all this value!

[@NTFAQGuy]

Glad you enjoy it.

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I have watched a couple of your videos and I must say your layman layered in technology speak is perfect. I am proud and humbled to be a colleague. :)

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Thank you John for such in depth knowledge for free. You are really amazing. Keep it up.

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Thank you, John, for the awesome video. Finally understood the concept of Express Route. Keep up the good work!

[@NTFAQGuy]

Glad it was helpful!

[@danielrobertson3302]

Great work, very well explained and related to real life scenarios which a lot of these types of videos often miss out!

[@NTFAQGuy]

Thank you!

[@laperchungi]

Awesome stuff John! Probably one of the best sessions on ER. Bravo.

[@NTFAQGuy]

Wow, thanks!

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I am preparing for Az-305 and your videos make documentation easy to understand , thank you so much for great video on EXPRESSROUTE and to shed clarity on concepts :)

[@LeonRiana]

Yet again John, a very well thought through, well presented and easy to understand training video. Thank you

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Thank you very much John! - My understanding of ER has gone up from 30% to 70% due to this video. :-)

[@NTFAQGuy]

Excellent!

[@sutrangi]

Simply amazing John - hats off to you sir - Helped me tremendously in one of my projects. Thank you!!!

[@NTFAQGuy]

Awesome to hear, thanks!

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Thanks John, I am late to Azure but your videos are helping me tremendously , appreciate it

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Thanks for all these videos -- I'm a netsec engineer but broadening my horizons with some Azure training. Also appreciate the IMOO t-shirt :)

[@chakri412]

This is awesome explanation and very detailed. Really appreciate your time and efforts John

[@NTFAQGuy]

My pleasure. Glad it helped.

[@yuhechen7258]

Thanks, John. It's well explained. There are a lot of knowledge shared which is not usually explained by other videos.

[@NTFAQGuy]

Glad you liked it

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Thank you very much John for this because it has been well explained.

[@deychand11]

Very well explaination John. Appreciate your efforts. I have subscribed to your channel as I am sure I could learn so many things from you. Thanks for publishing such a great video.

[@NTFAQGuy]

Awesome, thank you!

[@KarenTazayan]

This is the best explanation of ExpressRoute I've seen!

[@NTFAQGuy]

Very kind, thank you!

[@ragunatha2518]

It was a great session John, depth knowledge about how it works in different aspects.

[@AquibQureshi]

Content which you've pushed here I haven't seen that on any website or tutorials. keep up the good work.

[@NTFAQGuy]

Thanks!

[@oana50]

Thank you, John, for all your videos and very good explanations! Awesome job :)

[@NTFAQGuy]

Glad you like them!

[@pa1089]

Hello John. Thank you very much for video been watching all your videos and what a great presentations much much better than all other training videos.

[@NTFAQGuy]

That’s very kind, thank you. This one was certainly a labor of love :)

[@victoroghifobibi4090]

I had to pause the video to give you a round of applause for explaining BGP to me so simply in such short time after it had been a grim reaper lurking in my knowledge bank all these years. Coming from a networking background earlier in my career I never really got to work with BGP as those were roles for our technical idols those days. I saw training videos that were hours long but this just nailed it with the swing analogy.

[@NTFAQGuy]

Glad it helped! Thank you for the note!

[@sreekanthop3489]

Awesome !!!. Greate video again John.. Keep up the good work.

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Thanks a lot for your videos John, I can tell you I'm a better professional after watching them, you're the man!

[@NTFAQGuy]

Wow, thank you!

[@Tech-ub8dd]

Thank you so much for this video John!

[@BasWassenaar]

I think I finally understand Express Route now... Thanks for your effort and sharing!

[@NTFAQGuy]

Glad to hear that!

[@leeoommen9868]

What an Awesome session on Express Route topic John. You covered a great deal. Keep it up...

[@NTFAQGuy]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@neokevin23]

I really appreciate for this very detailed deep dive video!

[@dosto-evsky]

Wow, a lot to consume, overall a generalize overview of ExpressRoute. Thank you John, very useful, informative if you are new or just learning ExpressRoute like myself, kudos to you Sir. Taken me almost half a day consuming half of the video it felt like, but worth going over each concepts. So cheers.

[@NTFAQGuy]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@paulwalton193]

thankyou very much John for your awesome and excellent video on ExpressRoute. I have learnt so much now about this technology and you covered so much. Cheers Paul

[@NTFAQGuy]

You're very welcome!

[@HOzwo]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us 🙂

[@denisdm91]

best video about azure express route on youtube, thanks!!

[@dennismcodhis776]

Wonderful. Enjoyed my 80 min.

[@ahmedw5]

Currently studying for the Az-700. This was very helpful, thank you!

[@NTFAQGuy]

Great to hear!

[@TimVerbist]

Thanks for the great explanation John!

[@NTFAQGuy]

My pleasure!

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Great breakdown! Keep up the good good.

[@rajkumarbx2000]

John: This is great video.. I was learning at my morning 3:00 AM and half sleep.. When you started about DR (Resiliency) i was totally confused about MPLS backbone + ER Gateway + UDR + Global V-Net Peering etc.,.. Then later i did understand between hops, park example etc., :).. During closure "Now i fully understand the use cases of designs".. Thanks a lot!! You are God Gifted Teacher Man...

[@NTFAQGuy]

Very kind, thank you. And 3am, wow :) good job!

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thanks John, i enjoyed it.

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Thank-you so much for this great video, I've learned lot from your videos. Thanks

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Great video, thanks John

[@NTFAQGuy]

My pleasure, thanks for watching!

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Brilliant John, thankyou!

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[@MrEdwinda]

Thank you very much John. You are the best 🙏👍

[@NTFAQGuy]

You are very welcome

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Thanks John Savill for sharing the knowledge of Express route. Learned a lot from watching the video.

[@NTFAQGuy]

That's awesome to hear! Thank you

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Incredible video, thanks for the job done.

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Really Awesome Mate...Learned a lot from this. Please keep publishing

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Great to hear, thanks

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Exceptionally good video, mandatory learning for any Azure Architect.

[@NTFAQGuy]

Glad it was helpful!

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Glad it was useful!

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[@NTFAQGuy]

Glad you enjoyed it!

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[@NTFAQGuy]

Glad you liked it!

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Your videos are amazing thank you

[@_jsd]

So useful! Thanks!

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John, you are an EXCELLENT instructor! This is the first time watching your video on Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute and you have explained it very clearly, I am new to ExpressRoute , subscribed to your video's, if you have info info to join your course then i will be more than happy to sign up and pay for them.Thank you very much for taking the time, and I appreciate every second of your time!!!!

[@NTFAQGuy]

Glad it was useful. There is a master class on azure playlist on the channel. All free and no adverts that you may like

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@@NTFAQGuy Thanks ! Will do!

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Nice work John!

[@NTFAQGuy]

Thanks!

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This was a really good video, good job bro!!!!

[@NTFAQGuy]

Glad you liked it!

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Thanks john... ur the best..

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[@NTFAQGuy]

Awesome, thank you!

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Great! Thank you so much!

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Great effort. Loved it!

[@NTFAQGuy]

Glad you enjoyed it

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This is a brilliant video and explanation. Not only do I understand ExpressROute better, but I also want to do an ironman. Or at least a half ironman

[@NTFAQGuy]

Go for it :-) Good luck!

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I am impressed by this video, I watched 3 times.

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[@NTFAQGuy]

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Outstanding!

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You explained it so well... thanks

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Thank you!

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Awesome, thank you!

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[@NTFAQGuy]

Welcome

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[@NTFAQGuy]

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[@cmcgmc1]

What an incredibly valuable video!! thanks a lot!! MS has a lot of good documentation but to read it and get the same amount of learning, I would have had probably to spend 3x more time than this video!

[@NTFAQGuy]

Thank you!

[@waltsteinchen]

Again a fantastic video! Always wondering how you are able to cover so many topics in real great detail! One question regarding Private Peering: Is there a way to limit the address spaces (f.e. to exclude some subnets) from being advertised from the Gateway (or peered networks) back to On Premise by BGP ? Thanks!

[@NTFAQGuy]

glad you like the videos. if you peer the entire IP space will be advertised via BGP.

[@saq1bahmed]

As Amazing as always thanks John.... can you do a quick video on how to actually configure this as well or share something already done.

[@NTFAQGuy]

The configuration is largely driven by your service provider now so will vary completely. For example if you use AT&T NetBond you don't even see the Azure portal :-)

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[@samarmasood5232]

Good video ! Thank you John :D

[@NTFAQGuy]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@konradpelczar8490]

The best deep dive I’ve seen. Thank you! Would you do an update to include Virtual WAN with ER please?

[@NTFAQGuy]

Glad you like the video. I have a separate vwan video. no plans to add to this.

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Good content & helped a lot !!👌👍

[@NTFAQGuy]

Thanks!

[@bazookaman3]

Fantastic! Thanks!!

[@NTFAQGuy]

You’re welcome!

[@itsyouth]

Hi John, thanks for putting your time and effort into creating great content. I wanted you to know that I obtained a deep insight into ExR. It will be better if you could point me out to any other video (or) reference point to understand details about 1. ExR virtual network gateway SKUs, 2. Difference between Ultra Performance & ErGw3AZ SKU, if any, and 3. Authorizations with-in ExR why and when to use them, please. Once again many thanks for putting up the effort and much appreciated.

[@NTFAQGuy]

just search for expressroute gateway SKUs. the microsoft docs answer your questions i.e. the AZ is different than ultra as its zone redundant. authorizations are created to allow a gateway to connect to the circuit.

[@amsirajuddin]

nice one! thanks! :)

[@urganlama]

Great video

[@NTFAQGuy]

Thanks!

[@jackdchase]

Well done! Very useful and detailed. Could you consider creating a video that shows an actual configuration of routing options using azure portal and simulated on prem router?

[@NTFAQGuy]

Thanks. A detailed setup would be very specific and right now I don’t have access to a circuit I could use publicly but who knows in future. I’ll keep the idea in mind.

[@TheSebolcat]

Thanks John

[@NTFAQGuy]

Welcome!