Reading Time: 7 minsIntroduction If you’ve spent any time architecting Azure solutions, you’ve almost certainly hit the moment where you need to lock down access to a PaaS service – an Azure Storage account, SQL Database, or Key Vault – and been confronted with two options: Private Endpoint or Service Endpoint. Both exist to secure your traffic. Both […]
Category: Azure Networking
Critical Deadline: Mandatory Upgrade of Azure Basic Public IP Addresses to Standard SKU
Reading Time: 2 minsAzure is retiring the Basic SKU for Public IP addresses. This mandatory change impacts numerous deployments, introducing new technical requirements and offering enhanced capabilities. Customers must act to upgrade their IPs to the Standard SKU before the official retirement date.
Azure Networking Change 2025: Default Outbound Access Is Going Away – Technical Deep Dive
Reading Time: 5 minsMicrosoft Azure is making a fundamental change in how Virtual Machines get outbound connectivity to the Internet. As of 30 September 2025, new VMs (and new virtual networks/subnets in certain cases) will no longer receive default outbound internet access unless an explicit outbound method is configured. This change is part of Microsoft’s move toward secure by default networking, reducing invisible or implicit paths that may create security or reliability issues.