Create a Microsoft Virtual WAN by using Azure Portal

In this lab, you will create a Virtual WAN for Exceedlabs.

In this lab, you will:

• Task 1: Create a Virtual WAN
• Task 2: Create a hub by using Azure Portal
• Task 3: Connect a VNet to the Virtual Hub

Prerequisites for this labs : Azure Account

Task 1: Create a Virtual WAN

• From a browser, navigate to the Azure portal and sign in with your Azure account.
• In the portal, type Virtual WAN into the search box and select Virtual WANs from the results list.

• On the Virtual WAN page, select + Create.
• On the Create WAN page, on the Basics tab, fill in the following fields:
  • Subscription: Use the existing subscription
  • Resource group: ExceedlabsResourceGroup
  • Resource group location: Choose a resource location from the dropdown. A WAN is a global resource and does not live in a particular region. However, you must select a region to manage and locate the WAN resource that you create.
  • Name: ExceedlabsVirtualWAN
  • Type: Standard
• When you have finished filling out the fields, select Review +Create.

Once validation passes, select Create to create the Virtual WAN.

Task 2: Create a hub by using Azure Portal

A hub contains gateways for site-to-site, ExpressRoute, or point-to-site functionality. It takes 30 minutes to create the site-to-site VPN gateway in the virtual hub. You must create a Virtual WAN before you can create a hub.

• Locate the Virtual WAN that you created.
• On the Virtual WAN page, under Connectivity, select Hubs.
• On the Hubs page, select +New Hub to open the Create virtual hub page.
• On the Create virtual hub page Basics tab, complete the following fields:
  • Region: West US
  • Name: ExceedlabsVirtualWANHub-EastUS
  • Hub private address space: 10.60.0.0/24

• Select Next: Site-to-site.
• On the Site-to-site tab, complete the following fields:
  • Do you want to create a Site to site (VPN gateway)?: Yes
  • The AS Number field cannot be edited.
  • Gateway scale units: 1 scale unit = 500 Mbps

Select Review + Create to validate.

• Select Create to create the hub.
• After 30 minutes, Refresh to view the hub on the Hubs page.

Task 3: Connect a VNet to the Virtual Hub

• Locate the Virtual WAN that you created.
• In ExceedlabsVirtualWAN, under Connectivity, select Virtual network connections.

On ExceedlabsVirtualWAN

Virtual network connections, select + Add connection.

• In Add connection, use the following information to create the connection.
  • Connection name: ExceedlabsVirtualWAN-to-ResearchVNet
  • Hubs: ExceedlabsVirtualWANHub-EastUS
  • Subscription: no changes
  • Resource Group: ExceedlabsResourceGroup
  • Virtual network: ResearchVNet
  • Propagate to none: Yes
  • Associate Route Table: Default

• Select Create.

Congratulations! You have created a Virtual WAN and a Virtual WAN Hub and connected the ResearchVNet to the hub.

Reminder: Don’t forget to delete or shutdown all unused Azure resources after your labs for cost saving