Connectivity:

Cloud direct connect is a connection between a private network and a public cloud.
Direct connect allows you to interact with these clouds all from a private,
dedicated network.

By replacing a “best effort” network such as the public internet with a direct peering connection, you gain consistency in throughput and performance.

Direct connections give enterprises greater network flexibility and control and a choice of network providers and routing policies. Connectivity to cloud services becomes a seamless extension of the enterprise network and you can automatically apply traffic management and security policies that you can control based on your workloads.

As today’s enterprises compare the benefits of Internet-reliant connectivity to private connection solutions such as Azure ExpressRoute, they are seeing more and more business scenarios requiring the fast, secure and predictable performance that only direct connection can provide.