Setting up the Azure Virtual Network for a small office

 In this post I am going to take you through the process of my learning to create network infrastructure for a small office - KalSun Everything Inc. (KEI).

Azure Virtual Network

I started with going over this tutorial in Microsoft Learn : https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/configure-network-for-azure-virtual-machines/2-describe-azure-virtual-networking

I first created a Virtual Network using the Azure Portal

Name of the Network:  KEI Office Virtual Network

Address Space:  10.1.0.0/16 - that gives me 65K unique IPs in this address space.  There are only 7 members in my office with individual computers.  I anticipate having a less than 25 networked devices like - printers, 2 medical machines.  

Subnet:  At this time I am going to only create one subnet with 256 IPs.  So my subnet address is 10.10.1.0/24

DDoS enabled. Basic.  We will use basic for now.  Standard needs Premium subscription

ServiceEndpoints : disabled - as I don't need any device with a Private IP address.  

Configuring the Virtual Network

The Azure Virtual Network settings can be modified using the Configure Virtual Network in the Portal

Design Questions

1.  How many users will have computers on Azure?

2.  Do you need any private IP address?  

        Typically required for Storage , databases  (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-                    network/virtual-network-service-endpoints-overview)

Many small business - like a Doctors office dont need any Service endpoints.  They will be using cloud software for their EMR needs and may use Office 365 subscription fro their productivity needs.

Disclaimer:  I am not an IT Infrastructure architect and I don't know azure. I am not a consultant.  The musings here are from my effort to learn Microsoft Azure.

My Motivation

I am just going to take you through my process of learning how to learn & do.

In the last few months - starting August 2000, I have started reading the Microsoft Documentation on Azure.  I am trying to go the self-learning path.  

About Microsoft Documentation

This is the best source for learning.  Along with PearsonVue test prep.  That should be enough