Azure VPN Gateway is a service that can be used to send encrypted traffic between an Azure virtual network and on-premises locations over the public Internet. You can also use VPN Gateway to send encrypted traffic between Azure virtual networks over the Microsoft network.

Mar 12, 2025 · This tutorial helps you create and manage a virtual network gateway (VPN gateway) using the Azure portal. The VPN gateway is one part of the connection architecture that helps you securely access resources within a virtual network using VPN Gateway.

Learn how to configure, create, and manage an Azure VPN gateway. Create encrypted cross-premises connections to your virtual network from on-premises locations, or create encrypted connections between VNets.

Oct 4, 2024 · When you create a VPN Gateway virtual network gateway, you specify the gateway SKU that you want to use. This article describes the factors that you should take into consideration when selecting a gateway SKU.

Jan 15, 2025 · Learn about VPN Gateway topologies and designs you can use to connect on-premises locations to virtual networks.

Nov 20, 2024 · The steps in this article create a virtual network, a subnet, a gateway subnet, and a route-based, zone-redundant active-active mode VPN gateway (virtual network gateway) using the Generation 2 VpnGw2AZ SKU. Once the gateway is created, you can configure connections.

Feb 18, 2025 · This article answers frequently asked questions about Azure VPN Gateway cross-premises connections, hybrid configuration connections, and virtual network (VNet) gateways.

Azure supports two different VPN types for VPN gateways: policy-based and route-based. Route-based VPN gateways are built on a different platform than policy-based VPN gateways. This results in different gateway specifications. The following table shows the gateway SKUs that support each of the VPN types, and associated supported IKE versions.

Nov 1, 2024 · Azure VPN gateways can be configured as active-standby or active-active. This article explains active-active mode gateway configurations and highlights the benefits of using active-active mode. Why create an active-active gateway? VPN gateways consist of two instances in an active-standby configuration unless you specify active-active mode.

Aug 15, 2024 · Learn how to create a Basic SKU virtual network gateway for a VPN connection to your on-premises network, or to connect virtual networks. Use these instructions to create either a policy-based, or route-based VPN gateway.