Azure Networking — Private Endpoint

A private endpoint is a network interface that uses a private IP address from your virtual network. This network interface connects you privately and securely to a service that’s powered by Azure Private Link. By enabling a private endpoint, you’re bringing the service into your virtual network.

Lets take storage account example and enable private endpoint for it.

Step 1: Create and Storage Account and confirm it is accessible through public internet.

From local laptop able to connect to Storage account → File share

Thus confirming Storage Account is accessible through public network.

Even nslookup confirms storage account file share is accessed via Public IP

Step 2: Now lets disable access over public network

Tried to test via Azure Portal — Even cannot access from Azure Portal

Step 3 : Enable Private access to Storage Account via private endpoint

Step 4: Verify not able to access from outside the Cloud VNET from my laptop

Step 5: Confirm able to access from with in the Cloud VNET via a VM

Created a VM inside the VNET

nslookup confirms storage account is accessible via Private IP of Private endpoint

That's about Private End point……Lets keep learning together .. Lets sail together.