Azure ExpressRoute Coming to Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online, Azure File Storage Hits GA

Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online customers will be able to use Azure ExpressRoute to establish a private, managed connection to CRM Online later this year. So reports Microsoft's Corporate VP of Dynamics CRM Bob Stutz on the Dynamics blog. As Stutz describes, "ExpressRoute delivers the benefits of public cloud, while surpassing the network reliability and privacy of the Internet."

Azure ExpressRoute launched in 2014, and CRM customers have been asking for the capability, according to Stutz. Azure ExpressRoute will enable customers to establish a private, managed connection to CRM Online. At present, ExpressRoute provides customers with dedicated network connectivity through a private connection from their networks to Microsoft Azure, and writes Stutz, "We're excited to extend the same option for connectivity to CRM Online."

Stutz likens ExpressRoute for CRM Online to having the full CRM Online productivity solution in your own datacenter. The benefits customers can expect include more predictable network performance, the ability to better manage network availability and the reliability that comes with dedicated connectivity. Also true, with ExpressRoute most CRM Online network traffic can avoid the public Internet for added data privacy.

"It is a great option for organizations that require premium, managed connectivity to their productivity services," writes Stutz. "It allows organizations to define all aspects of your network connectivity provider's connection from Microsoft to their users, helping ensure predictable network performance and availability. Our customers can also use multiple ExpressRoute providers to establish ExpressRoute circuits in different geographic locations for additional redundancy and geo-resiliency."

Each ExpressRoute circuit automatically delivers two active physical connections for high availability, and the Microsoft networking elements are backed by Microsoft's connection uptime ...