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Azure hybrid networking, specifically exam AZ‑800,

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calls out something called the Azure Network Adapter.

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It sounds kind of mysterious, doesn't it?

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But essentially what Azure Network Adapter is,

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it's simply a convenient way to stand up a

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Point‑To‑Site VPN for standalone servers.

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Really, it's nothing more than that.

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There are some restrictions.

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You configure this strictly through the Windows Admin Center,

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so you'll want to have WAC installed on the machine,

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and you register your WAC server with Azure.

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You know in Windows Server,

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you can set up WAC as a gateway where it runs as a service and supports

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multiple remote connections. That's always convenient.

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I'll show you how to register your Windows Admin Center

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server with Azure in the upcoming demo.

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And what's even more convenient is when you sign in to your account to

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authenticate and then enable the Azure Network Adapter for a host,

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Windows Admin Center can actually orchestrate the creation of the VNet gateway

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if it doesn't already exist in the target virtual network.

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Isn't that convenient?

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So once you've completed the setup,

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now that server in question has a persistent VPN client connection that you can

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turn on and turn off at your convenience that now enables that server to go

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into the virtual network and access resources with private IPs with its own personal tunnel. Pretty convenient stuff.