Tutorial: Configure routing preference for a VM using the Azure portal

This tutorial shows you how to configure routing preference for a virtual machine. Internet bound traffic from the VM will be routed via the ISP network when you choose Internet as your routing preference option. The default routing is via the Microsoft global network.

In this tutorial, you learn how to:

Prerequisites

• An Azure account with an active subscription. Create an account for free.

Create virtual machine

In this section, you'll create a virtual machine and public IP address. During the public IP address configuration, you'll select Internet for routing preference.

1. Sign in to the Azure portal.

2. In the portal search box, enter Virtual machine. In the search results, select Virtual machines.

3. In Virtual machines, select + Create, then + Virtual machine.

4. In the Basics tab of Create a virtual machine, enter, or select the following information.

   Setting	Value
   Project details
   Subscription	Select your subscription.
   Resource group	Select Create new. Enter TutorVMRoutePref-rg. Select OK.
   Instance details
   Virtual machine name	Enter myVM.
   Region	Select (US) West US 2.
   Availability options	Select No infrastructure redundancy required.
   Image	Select Windows Server 2019 Datacenter - Gen2.
   Azure Spot instance	Leave the default of unchecked.
   Size	Select a size.
   Administrator account
   Username	Enter a username.
   Password	Enter a password.
   Confirm password	Reenter password.
   Inbound port rules
   Public inbound ports	Select Allow selected ports.
   Select inbound ports	Leave the default of RDP (3389). Opening port 3389 from the internet is not recommended for production workloads.

   

5. Select Next: Disks then Next: Networking, or select the Networking tab.

6. In the networking tab, enter or select the following information.

   Setting	Value
   Network interface
   Virtual network	Leave the default of (new) TutorVMRoutePref-rg-vnet.
   Subnet	Leave the default of (new) default (10.1.0.0/24).
   Public IP	Select Create new. In Name, enter myPublicIP. Select Standard in SKU. In Routing preference, select Internet. Select OK.

   

7. Select Review + create.

8. Select Create.

Verify internet routing preference

In this section, you'll search for the public IP address previously created and verify the internet routing preference.

1. In the portal search box, enter Public IP address. In the search results, select Public IP addresses.

2. In Public IP addresses, select myPublicIP.

3. Select Properties in Settings.

4. Verify Internet is displayed in Routing preference.

   

Clean up resources

If you're not going to continue to use this application, delete the public IP address with the following steps:

1. In the search box at the top of the portal, enter Resource group.

2. In the search results, select Resource groups.

3. Select TutorVMRoutePref-rg

4. Select Delete resource group.

5. Enter myResourceGroup for TYPE THE RESOURCE GROUP NAME and select Delete.

Next steps

Advance to the next article to learn how to create a virtual machine with mixed routing preference: