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Using service endpoints

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- [Speaker] Many services in Azure are exposed via a public address or URL. So example, services include storage, Azure, SQL and CosmosDB. Even if your application is running on a VM connected to a VNET, communication to the default endpoint will actually be via that public address. Now, each of these services have local firewall settings so you can control the source, however, the more secure option is to actually ensure traffic only originates from within your local VNET. This can include virtual machines connected to a VNET, or even web apps and function apps because they can be connected to VNET using VNET integration. However, this isn't the default behavior and it's something that must be configured. The service that allows us to do this is called Service Endpoints, and Service Endpoints provide direct and secure access from one Azure service to another over the Azure Backbone Network. Internally, the…

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