ExpressRoute Deep Dive

[@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!

[@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!

[@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!

[@ybtalley]

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. :)

[@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!

[@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!

[@Josytt]

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.

[@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!!!

[@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! 🤙

[@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!

[@grodh8930]

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

[@NTFAQGuy]

Excellent!

[@ansariwn]

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

[@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!

[@joshuawegrzyn5313]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge and skills for free!!! Much appreciated. Your a natural teacher!

[@AquibQureshi]

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

[@NTFAQGuy]

Thanks!

[@henriquealexandreh]

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

[@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!

[@swatibehl7720]

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 :)

[@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!

[@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.

[@LeonRiana]

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

[@astroEnthusiast1]

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

[@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.

[@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!

[@samhouston2000]

You asked if your video was useful?. It is understating my friend. There are very few of you exist in the world. Thank you so much. I am humbled.

[@NTFAQGuy]

Wow, thank you

[@seanconnolly4069]

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

[@raymondkissoon8274]

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

[@raymondkissoon8274]

@@NTFAQGuy Thanks ! Will do!

[@ragunatha2518]

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

[@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!

[@feliperenilla4658]

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!

[@sutrangi]

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

[@NTFAQGuy]

Awesome to hear, thanks!

[@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!

[@liamstatham]

Came for the BGP explanation, left with nostalgia about my grandma taking me to Wimpy when I was a kid!

[@newsnetworkz]

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

[@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

[@laperchungi]

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

[@NTFAQGuy]

Wow, thanks!

[@KarenTazayan]

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

[@NTFAQGuy]

Very kind, thank you!

[@deepakkatote1855]

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

[@sreekanthop3489]

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

[@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!

[@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 :)

[@chakri412]

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

[@NTFAQGuy]

My pleasure. Glad it helped.

[@waqaskhan010]

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

[@NTFAQGuy]

Glad it was helpful!

[@leeoommen9868]

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

[@NTFAQGuy]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@dunx182]

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!

[@leksluxembourg3124]

hey man this was awesome will surely give a look at all ur job but sun came back cheers

[@NTFAQGuy]

Great

[@hariharasudhannayar411]

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

[@ahmedw5]

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

[@NTFAQGuy]

Great to hear!

[@BasWassenaar]

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

[@NTFAQGuy]

Glad to hear that!

[@rpb583]

Exceptionally good video, mandatory learning for any Azure Architect.

[@NTFAQGuy]

Glad it was helpful!

[@mohammadsikanderhassan6985]

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

[@denisdm91]

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

[@Sudarshana_borah]

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

[@NTFAQGuy]

Great to hear, thanks

[@MrEdwinda]

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

[@NTFAQGuy]

You are very welcome

[@oana50]

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

[@NTFAQGuy]

Glad you like them!

[@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.

[@satishpamarthi4239]

This is very informative..Thanks John..!Can you please help clarify these: 1)I'm confused on the usage of BGP communities when it comes to Microsoft Peering.Are IP prefixes and BGP communities one and the same .You mentioned that we use BGP communities to choose the services&regions which we are interested in while advertising the routes via BGP down into the express route. But then again while explaining resiliency you mentioned that we use BGP communities to choose local preferences so as to specify the shortest path to reach out to an Azure Paas service. Can you please clarify this.. 2)What happens in-case if do not attach a route filter for the circuit used for Microsoft Peering.. Will the routes for all Azure Paas services across all regions be advertised via BGP down to my express route or none of them will be advertised.. Thanks for you help John..!

[@NTFAQGuy]

BGP communities are collections of IP prefixes that offer a common service/region. Docs answer your other question :-) "No routes are advertised to your network. To enable route advertisements to your network, you must associate a route filter."

[@satishpamarthi4239]

Thanks for the clarification John.

[@Raul-fc4lf]

Hi John! this is the best video about express route ever seen! very well explained, things are more clear now. Now it comes to mind one thing. I have heard that it is not possible to use Azure ER circuit as a multitenant, I mean, several VNets/tenants/customers sharing the same ER Ciruit to get on-prem.On the other hand I think that using HUB&Spoke topology with different VNets (spokes) connected to the HUB and the HUB, as a single point of communication with on-prem thru the ER, it will be possible to communicate those VNets to on-prem although the SPOKEs belong to different Tenants, what do you think? What we cannot do (we should not do) is to connect several VNets(clients) in the same ER since all of them will share same routing domain. What is your opinion?

[@NTFAQGuy]

right its shared routes via BGP as its shared bgp session. different customers with their own on-premises locations would have their own expressroute and edge routers.

[@TimVerbist]

Thanks for the great explanation John!

[@NTFAQGuy]

My pleasure!

[@realstevelknievel]

Wow, that's some great content! Thanks a lot! Gonna smash that subscribe button right now!

[@NTFAQGuy]

Awesome, thank you!

[@DNBMASSIVE56]

Easily best Azure video's on youtube its almost illegal that this is free

[@sachinshetty2365]

I have already asked my colleagues to start looking into your videos if they want to start with Azure.

[@NTFAQGuy]

Thank you!

[@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!

[@garyforsman6533]

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

[@NTFAQGuy]

Glad you liked it!

[@neokevin23]

I really appreciate for this very detailed deep dive video!

[@dennismcodhis776]

Wonderful. Enjoyed my 80 min.

[@LeeAllenWereta]

Great breakdown! Keep up the good good.

[@nupursingh365]

Dear John, there is no word to express , as I read on your T-shirt "IRONMAN" , I can say you are a "IRONMAN - ExpressRoute". Salute for you !! Can you please make a similar video for Azure Virtual WAN with ExpressRoute"

[@NTFAQGuy]

hehe, thanks. I have a separate video on azure virtual wan. expressroute with that would work that same way.

[@nupursingh365]

@@NTFAQGuy - I have found "Azure Virtual WAN Overview" but am not finding Deep Dive like ExpressRoute for Azure Virtual WAN, can you please share the link?

[@nupursingh365]

@@NTFAQGuy - in addition to existing reply, can I ask you for any technical issue if I face while configuring Expressroute with Virtual WAN

[@HOzwo]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us 🙂

[@Tech-ub8dd]

Thank you so much for this video John!

[@michaelalexander8626]

Hi John, you have done a great job at articulating the different options for connecting an on prem network to the Azure backbone and you talked asn's, etc and then you talked private peering versus microsoft peering with private link and then public ip exposure and you talked route filters. What is the preferred approach and why?

[@NTFAQGuy]

there is a separate video where I compare the approaches on this channel.

[@shauncroucher]

Great video, thanks John

[@NTFAQGuy]

My pleasure, thanks for watching!

[@Foobar142]

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.

[@HakimRachidi-o9p]

Incredible video, thanks for the job done.

[@NTFAQGuy]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@kenneth3537]

Excellent video. Been watching many of your videos and you do an excellent job of explaining in a simplified way. Question about ExpressRoute Global Reach I've been unable to find a definitive answer to. Can you use Global Reach to allow communication between different cloud environment? I know that you normally use Global Reach to interconnect on-prem sites, but does Global Reach also forward traffic between "clouds". Eg. do they belong to the same routing domains? Cheers!

[@NTFAQGuy]

Should work. Not tried.

[@kenneth3537]

Thanks for the reply, John. In theory, I believe this will work. Guess I'll find out in a couple weeks time when the 2nd circuit is finally provisioned. If not, then I'll just do the ExpressRoute cross instead. Cheers!

[@sidzhang]

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

[@NTFAQGuy]

Wow, thanks!

[@oem73]

Awesome content! Thank you, John.

[@NTFAQGuy]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@deltasierra_]

Amazing Video, please keep up the good work and I will keep smashing the like button.

[@NTFAQGuy]

Deal ;)

[@ratnavodutta2398]

Great effort. Loved it!

[@NTFAQGuy]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@femibello2587]

Thanks John. One thing I am missing: Can Express route direct span regions in multiple Geo-political boundaries much like Express route premium?

[@NTFAQGuy]

You create circuits of different skus on the direct ports which can include premium circuits

[@femibello2587]

@@NTFAQGuy Thanks. The little point I missed. Great job John. You are a star! Thanks a gazillion!🦾

[@matrixman20101]

Thank you , was very informative , I'd suggest an idea if you don't mind . if can add a few questions in the end about the topic you're demonstrating and we can answer it and discuss it later :), thank you very much , keep it up.

[@NTFAQGuy]

Could you elaborate :-) I don’t really understand the suggestion, sorry. You want me to ask questions at the end to then discuss in the comments? What type of questions?

[@matrixman20101]

John Savill Yes, ask questions about the topic you explain and we answer in the comments and then next time you can answer it in the beginning before start the new topic. These questions can be real case scenarios or just theoretical , just to be more beneficial. Hope it’s clear now :)

[@Guitarist789]

Fantastic video, thanks for this!

[@NTFAQGuy]

Very welcome

[@scott3107]

Hey John, what a fantastic video. Quick question if I may regarding transitive routing with ER. If we have a spoke1 > hub > spoke2 and assume spoke 1 is connected via S2S VPN GW to hub and spoke 2 is connected via ExpressRoute, is it the case that we need to use an Azure Route Server (currently in preview) to be able to perform transitive routing between all hops? I.e. UDRs or BGP on the VPN GW won't help us in this scenario?

[@NTFAQGuy]

That is correct or VWAN

[@michaeldanquah9309]

thanks John, i enjoyed it.

[@renovatio1988]

Preparing for AZ-900 at work and your name come up immediately in the chats amongst the study group.

[@amitsingh21]

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

[@TheHoradricTube]

Brilliant John, thankyou!

[@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 :-)

[@scottstout]

Nice work John!

[@NTFAQGuy]

Thanks!

[@iuriiiashchenko4232]

Great video, as usual! So for my understanding in order to route access to PaaS resources over ExpressRoute I would need to have MS peering enabled (and Premium sku) and have MS authorized me to do so?

[@NTFAQGuy]

So for regular PaaS its just Microsoft peering. To access Office 365 you need premium and MS authorization.

[@iuriiiashchenko4232]

@@NTFAQGuy thanks! Will paas stil work with local?

[@hy3rid12]

Awesome video. Just quick question if you can answer it for me. Say we get fiber down to equinix from a service provider for $5000 for expressroute direct. Do we have to pay Microsoft as well for the port\circuits\gateways or is that all baked into the cost

[@NTFAQGuy]

You still pay expressroute direct. You should review the pricing page. It’s all spelled out there

[@hy3rid12]

@@NTFAQGuy Thanks John. I did read that page and that's what I thought. Reason I'm coming here is because I asked the Microsoft account rep the same question and he told me we don't pay any of those fees. Didn't sound right to me

[@NTFAQGuy]

@@hy3rid12 you don’t pay for circuits on the direct ports but yes you have to pay azure for the direct ports provisioned.

[@hy3rid12]

@@NTFAQGuy ahhh makes sense. Thanks again. Keep up the videos man, the best in the business

[@pa1089]

Can you please make one video on Azure site to site VPN to on perm explaining both policy and route based methods. Thank you

[@NTFAQGuy]

I’ll add to the list :)

[@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.

[@balasubramanianwv3877]

Great video again , I'm trying to solve ipv6 network connection between onprem and Azure via Express route. Right now express route is the limitation to support ipv6 including Vwan, do you come across any solution natively or use thrid party provider to use some tunnel technique

[@NTFAQGuy]

Afraid not. I know it’s on the horizon :)

[@ravitejjakkula1484]

Thanks a lot John great video and very useful.

[@NTFAQGuy]

Glad it was useful!

[@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.

[@paulinfinol]

Excellent video! thanks!

[@NTFAQGuy]

Glad you liked it!

[@tahahamid2192]

This was brilliant!

[@pawantiwari7743]

Great knowledge, very deep. Thankyou

[@AionPangeo]

Your videos are amazing thank you