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Set Up AWS Direct Connect to Azure in Minutes with Megaport Cloud Router
Build Seamless AWS to Azure Connections. Deploy in Minutes, Not Months.
Looking to connect AWS and Azure quickly, deploy AWS ExpressRoute integrations, or build a reliable multicloud network? This technical guide walks you through the process using Megaport Cloud Router — with no hardware required.
Whether you're configuring VPC peering between AWS and Azure, testing a direct connection between Azure and AWS, or deploying a private link between AWS and Azure for production workloads, this step-by-step cURL tutorial is designed for infrastructure specialists and network architects managing hybrid and multicloud environments.
By the end of this tutorial, you’ll be able to launch a dedicated AWS Direct Connect to Azure — or even reverse the set-up for Azure to AWS connectivity. You’ll learn how to connect AWS and Azure in under 60 seconds, move data between clouds, and scale reliably — all powered by the Megaport SDN platform. This guide will help you reduce complexity, accelerate setup time, and build a multicloud AWS Azure environment in minutes!
What you’ll get from this guide:
- Account & API Setup Instructions: Step-by-step account creation, API key generation, and token retrieval.
- Optimize Performance: How to deploy your virtual router and VXC in minutes, without hardware.
- AWS Direct Connect & Azure ExpressRoute Connectivity: Order and validate hosted connections to both clouds.
- Cross-Cloud Testing: Run a simple ping test to confirm your private link between AWS and Azure is live.
- Troubleshooting Tips: Common gotchas and how to avoid them, straight from our field engineers.
- Need Help Connecting AWS and Azure now? Book a demo with a Solutions Architect and we’ll walk you through every step of connecting AWS and Azure using Megaport Cloud Router — from account setup to testing your private link. You’ll also get guidance tailored to your environment.
Ready to go? Download the guide and start deploying your AWS to Azure multicloud architecture — with low-latency connectivity scalable connectivity backed by Megaport.
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Fast & Simple
Spin up your Megaport Cloud Router and VXCs in under 10 minutes.
Gain Flexibility
Privately connect AWS and Azure; avoid vendor lock-in and choose best-of-breed.
No Hardware Needed
All virtual; deploy without new appliances or data center changes.
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Using Megaport is so easy and consistent everywhere that we no longer have to worry about any cloud-based sort of workloads. If anyone asks whether we can connect to a new cloud or between offices quickly, the answer is, ‘Yeah. We have Megaport. It’s done.’
- Beren Lewis, Director of Global Systems and Infrastructure Technology, Framestore
