Configuring Azure Virtual Network Manager

Introduction

The Azure Virtual Network Manager (VNM) is a new network service with management capabilities. We can use Virtual Network Manager (VNM) to manage multiple virtual networks and implement well-known network topologies like hub-and-spoke or mesh in target subscriptions without configuring the network resources individually. It also allows us to manage virtual networks through logical network groups and apply security and connectivity configurations to these groups. This post will concentrate on Azure Virtual Network Manager connectivity configurations.

Configuring Azure Virtual Network Manager

Step 1: In the Azure portal search, Network Manager and click Create.

Note: If you don’t have this feature, Click here to enter the Azure Preview Features Page, search  AllowAzureNetworkManager, and Click + Register.

Step 2: On the Basic page, Enter the necessary information like Subscription, Resource group, the name of the Network manager, and the Region.

On the Scope and features part, click Select scopes, select the subscription under the Management group, click Add to selected Scope and then click Add.

Step 3: In the features section, there are two options, connectivity and security admin option select both options and click Create.

• Connectivity: for the HUB and Spoke model or the Mesh model
• Security admin: we can define a collection of security rules to be applied to VNETs

Step 4: Finally, we have configured the Network Manager.

Summary

In this article, we learned how to configure Azure Virtual Network Manager; in our next article will learn how to manage the Azure Virtual Network Manager; if you have any questions, feel free to comment under the article.