Microsoft and AWS build the multicloud bridge they said customers barely needed
New services promise private 100 Gbps links between the rival platforms without months of networking faff
Microsoft and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have collaborated on a solution to connect Azure and AWS environments privately and at high speeds. The firms claim that connecting the two cloud platforms previously required complex coordination of physical connectivity, routing, provisioning, monitoring, and lifecycle management. Now, Microsoft's Azure Multicloud Interconnect service is in preview, allowing customers to establish private, high-speed links between Azure and AWS infrastructure.
AWS Interconnect, which covers Azure, Google Cloud, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, is already available and extends to all three major rival platforms. The service promises high-bandwidth, predictable routes for deploying multicloud architectures for mission-critical workloads and offers MACsec security out of the box, four-nines availability, and scalability.
Microsoft's Narayan Annamalai said the solution abstracts the underlying complexity of multicloud networking and could pave the way for broader interoperability across hyperscale cloud providers.
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