Creating Virtual Network and Subnets in Azure

Summary

In this lab, you will provision a Virtual Network with two subnets in Microsoft Azure.

Each exercise below builds upon the previous one. You should start each new exercise from the last step of the previous exercise unless it is explicitly written otherwise.

Learning Objectives

After completion of this lab, you will be able to:

Prerequisites

To complete this lab, you will need the following:

Exercise #1: Provision a Virtual Network in Microsoft Azure

In this exercise, you will provision a VIrtual Network with a single subnet in Microsoft Azure.

Steps

1. Sign into the Microsoft Azure Management Portal at http://portal.azure.com using your Microsoft Account
2. Click on in the upper left corner right under the logo
3. In the search box search for Virtual Network
   
4. Click on the button
5. On the Create virtual network blade, fill in the following information:
   Name → networkinglab01-vnet
   Address space → 10.1.0.0/16
   Resource group → Create new
   Resource group name (the text field in the pop up) → networkinglab01-rg
   Location → (US) West US 2
6. In the Subnet section, fill in the following information:
   Name → public
   Address range → 10.1.1.0/27
   DDoS protection → Basic
   Service endpoints → Disabled
   Firewall → Disabled
7. Click on the button
8. Wait until the deployment is completed
9. Once the deployment is completed, click on in the left-hand menu list
10. Find the networkinglab01-rg resource group in the list and click on it
11.  Milestone step:  At this point, you have learned how to provision a Virtual Network in Microsoft Azure. Verify that you have the following resources in your networkinglab01-rg resource group:
    netowrkinglab01-vnet Virtual network
    

Exercise #2: Create a New Subnet in a Virtual Network

In this exercise, you will create a second subnet in the Virtual Network in Microsoft Azure.

Steps

1. Click on the networkinglab01-vnet Virtual Network resource
2. Select on the left-hand navigation
3. Click on the button on the top of the blade
4. In the Add subnet blade, fill in the following information:
   Name → private
   Address range (CIDR block) → 10.1.2.0/24
5. Leave the rest of the selections by default
6. Click on the button
7.  Milestone step:  At this point, you have learned how to add a new Subnet to a Virtual Network in Microsoft Azure.