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Difficulty: MediumAzure Virtual Networks, ExpressRoute, and VPN Gateway

When connecting two Azure Virtual Networks (VNets) across different regions using global virtual network peering, the network traffic traverses the public internet.

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Answer

The statement is false. Traffic between peered Virtual Networks, even across different regions, routes over Microsoft's private global backbone network, not the public internet.
The statement is false because Azure virtual network peering routes all traffic internally over the Microsoft private backbone network rather than the public internet, even when connecting networks across different geographic regions.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the statement regarding global virtual network peering between Azure regions.
Identify that the statement asserts traffic traverses the public internet.
To evaluate the correctness of the network pathway.
2
Determine how Azure routes traffic for global virtual network peering.
Recall that all peering traffic is routed internally through Microsoft's private backbone network.
To determine whether the traffic is exposed to the public internet.

Key Concept

Global virtual network peering routes traffic privately within Microsoft's global network backbone.
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