Create a Hub-Spoke Network Topology in Azure

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Create a Hub-Spoke Network Topology in Azure

Your company has a lot of redundant services (DNS, AD, intrusion detection, etc.) in their environment. To alleviate the management effort in maintaining those services, your IT department is centralizing all redundant services into a hub. You will implement a hub-spoke topology, creating a hub VNet and a spoke VNet connection in Azure.

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Lab Info

Level

Advanced

Last updated

Sep 28, 2025

Duration

1h 0m

Challenge

Configure the Virtual Network Gateway
1. Verify that the VPN00-HUB gateway has the configuration of VpnGw2 SKU to enable 1 Gbps throughput.
2. Verify that the VPN41-SPOKE gateway has the configuration of VpnGw2 SKU to enable 1 Gbps throughput.
Challenge

Add a Bidirectional Gateway Connection
1. Within the VPN41-SPOKE gateway settings, add a connection to enable a VNet-to-VNet bidirectional connection
  
  First connection name: spoke-to-hub-connection
  
  Second connection name: hub-to-spoke-connection
  
  Region: East US
2. On the Settings tab, set the following values:
  
  First virtual network gateway: VPN41-SPOKE
  
  Second virtual network gateway: VPN00-HUB
  
  Shared key (PSK): Shared key from the lab homepage
3. After creating the Bidirectional Gateway Connection, check to see if both connections show as Connected. You may need to provide extra time, and click Refresh multiple times.

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