Eurofiber Secure Cloud Connect for Microsoft Azure
Wholesale offering
Organizations are increasingly building hybrid and multicloud IT environments, where on-premises infrastructure, private cloud, and public cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure must seamlessly interconnect.
The complexity of these architectures continues to grow as organizations face stricter requirements around security, compliance, data sovereignty, and availability. At the same time, relying on the public internet introduces additional risks, including unpredictable latency, exposure to DDoS attacks, and limited control over the performance of business-critical applications.
In addition, different cloud environments and platforms operate with their own networking and security models, making integration and interoperability more complex. As a result, many organizations are primarily looking for simplicity and peace of mind in their connectivity architecture, ensuring that applications and data can move securely, predictably, and efficiently across environments.
Private cloud connectivity plays a key role in addressing these challenges.
What does Eurofiber Secure Cloud Connect for Microsoft Azure offer?
End-to-end private Azure connectivity
Through Eurofiber, wholesale partners can offer their customers secure, private connectivity to Microsoft Azure, fully separated from the public internet and designed for business-critical workloads.
Depending on the required level of availability and redundancy, organizations can choose from multiple Azure ExpressRoute resiliency models, with bandwidth options ranging from 50 Mbps up to 10 Gbps.
Eurofiber offers three levels of resiliency:
- Standard Resilience
- High (Metro) Resilience
- Max (Metro) Resilience
In addition, Eurofiber supports ExpressRoute Direct, where customers procure a dedicated port directly from Microsoft.
True physical redundancy (100% diversity)
Organizations need certainty that redundant network connections are truly independent, ensuring that a failure in one path does not result in a full service outage. Eurofiber addresses this need by delivering connectivity over physically separated fiber routes.
Eurofiber’s physical diversity ensures:
- 100% physically separated primary and secondary paths: true end-to-end redundancy
- Separation across cables, ducts, routes, and infrastructure
- No single point of failure: proven diversity, not assumptions
This is a key differentiator in markets where uptime and reliability are critical.
Open Network Model: true architectural freedom
Eurofiber provides an open, sovereign network that gives full control to partners and their customers.
- Data center locations
- Route diversity and redundancy models
- BGP configuration and routing policies
- Security architecture (VLANs, segmentation, policies)
No vendor lock-in. No mandatory onboarding onto centralized platforms. Full control over network design and operations.
Resiliency models aligned with Microsoft Azure Architecture
High (Metro) Resilience
High (Metro) Resilience is the practical standard for most organizations. It is designed for mid-sized to large enterprises with higher requirements for availability, redundancy, and compliance.
Why choose this model? This is the level most customers require for reliable cloud connectivity and is widely considered the industry benchmark for high-resilience architectures.
- Dual physical paths across two geographically separated data centers.
- No single point of failure, ensuring continuity for critical workloads.
- Includes a Solution Architect to tailor the configuration to customer needs.
- Available bandwidths: 50/100/200/500 Mbps & 1/2/5/10 Gbps.
Standard Resilience (on request)
For whom? Suitable for customers looking for a reliable and cost-efficient connection to Microsoft Azure, for example for standard workloads and smaller cloud environments.
Why choose this model? Ideal for partners who want to offer premium Azure connectivity without requiring advanced failover capabilities.
- Cost-efficient private connectivity with basic redundancy.
- Suitable for organizations with less stringent redundancy and availability requirements.
- Includes Solution Architect support to align design and requirements.
- Redundancy within a single data center of choice.
- Available bandwidths: 50/100/200/500 Mbps & 1/2/5/10 Gbps.
Max (Metro) Resilience (on request)
For whom? Designed for organizations running mission-critical workloads, such as financial institutions, trading platforms, and exchange-related applications, where full end-to-end redundancy and maximum uptime are essential.
Why choose this model? For customers with the highest availability requirements. Not typically required for standard workloads, but available where needed.
- Four fully independent access paths.
- Four geographically separated PoP locations across two data centers.
- Full physical and geographical separation for maximum availability.
- Optional customization via a Solution Architect for complex requirements.
- Available bandwidths: 50/100/200/500 Mbps & 1/2/5/10 Gbps.
Express Route Direct
For whom? For large enterprises, hyperscalers, and service providers requiring a direct, dedicated connection to the Microsoft network. Ideal for organizations with very high data volumes, strict compliance requirements, and latency-sensitive workloads.
Why choose this model? ExpressRoute Direct delivers maximum control, capacity, and scalability. With a direct physical connection to Microsoft’s network and the ability to run multiple circuits on a single infrastructure, it is designed for enterprise and hyperscale cloud connectivity.
- Ability to create multiple ExpressRoute circuits on a single port pair.
- Direct connection to Microsoft edge routers (MSEE), without reliance on a service provider.
- Active/Active redundancy via two physical ports.
- Support for advanced features such as MACsec encryption, IPv4/IPv6, and Global Reach.
- Available port capacities: 10 Gbps and 100 Gbps dedicated port pairs.
Compliance & security: proven and leading
Eurofiber Secure Cloud Connect for Microsoft Azure ensures:
✔ 100% dedicated traffic, no shared public internet
✔ ISO 27001 / ISO 9001 / ISO 14001 certifications
✔ Compliance with DORA, NIS2, and GDPR
✔ Transparent data location within Belgium
Fully managed by Eurofiber
Eurofiber delivers:
- Architecture design and engineering
- Project management
- Provisioning and configuration
- ExpressRoute setup
- 24/7 proactive monitoring
- Incident handling with SLAs
This enables partners to offer a premium connectivity solution without owning the network infrastructure, while maintaining full control over service levels, pricing, bundling, and customer experience.
Bandwidth flexibility during contract term
Eurofiber offers contractual flexibility through:
- Up- and downscaling of bandwidth during the contract period
- No pay-per-use limitations
- No mandatory over-provisioning
This allows for competitive and flexible offerings aligned with evolving workload demands.
A connectivity platform with a proven track record
Eurofiber currently delivers connectivity for mission-critical infrastructures across:
- Major financial institutions
- Enterprise data centers
- International carriers
- Industrial and logistics organizations
Choose Eurofiber Secure Cloud Connect for Microsoft Azure
Architectural freedom, maximum control and guaranteed performance, built on Eurofiber’s network as a foundation. Contact us for pricing, technical onboarding and commercial enablement materials.