Register Peering Service Preview by

using the Azure portal

 3/5/2020
 3 minutes to read

Azure Peering Service is a networking service that enhances customer connectivity to

Microsoft cloud services such as Office 365, Dynamics 365, software as a service (SaaS)
services, Azure, or any Microsoft services accessible via the public internet.

In this article, you'll learn how to register a Peering Service connection by using the
Azure portal.

If you don't have an Azure subscription, create an account now.

Important

Peering Service is currently in public preview. This preview version is provided without a
service level agreement. We don't recommend it for production workloads. Certain
features might not be supported or might have constrained capabilities. For more
information, see Supplemental terms of use for Microsoft Azure previews.

Prerequisites
You must have the following:

Azure account

You must have a valid and active Microsoft Azure account. This account is required to
set up the Peering Service connection. Peering Service is a resource within Azure
subscriptions. This cannot be a trial account.

Connectivity provider

You can work with an internet service provider (ISP) or internet exchange partner (IXP)
to obtain Peering Service to connect your network with the Microsoft network.
Make sure the connectivity providers are partnered with Microsoft for Peering Service.

Register your subscription with the resource provider and feature flag

Before you proceed to the steps of registering the Peering Service, you need to register
your subscription with the resource provider and feature flag either via Azure
PowerShell or the Azure CLI.

Azure PowerShell
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Register-AzProviderFeature -FeatureName AllowPeeringService -ProviderNamespace
Microsoft.Peering

Register-AzResourceProvider -ProviderNamespace Microsoft.Peering

Azure CLI
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az feature register --namespace Microsoft.Peering --name AllowPeeringService

Sign in to the Azure portal

From a browser, go to the Azure portal and sign in with your Azure account.

Register a Peering Service connection

1. To register a Peering Service connection, select Create a resource > Peering
Service.
2. Enter the following details on the Basics tab on the Create a peering service
connection page.
3. Select the subscription and the resource group associated with the subscription.

4. Enter a Name to which the Peering Service instance should be registered.

 5. Now, select the Next:Configuration button at the bottom of the page. The
Configuration page appears.

Configure the Peering Service connection

1. On the Configuration page, select the location to which the Peering Service
must be enabled by selecting the same from the Peering service location drop-
down list.
2. Select the service provider from whom the Peering Service must be obtained by
selecting a provider name from the Peering service provider drop-down list.
3. Select Create new prefix at the bottom of the Prefixes section, and text boxes
appear. Now, enter the name of the prefix resource and the prefixes that are
associated with the service provider.
4. Add the Prefix Key that has been given to you by your provider (ISP or IXP). This
key allows MS to validate the prefix and provider who have allocated your IP prefix.

5. Select the Review + create button at the lower left of the page. The Review +
create page appears, and Azure validates your configuration.
 6. When you see the Validation passed message as shown, select Create.
7. After you register a Peering Service connection, additional validation is
performed on the included prefixes. You can review the validation status under the
Prefixes section of the resource name. If the validation fails, one of the following
error messages is displayed:
o Invalid Peering Service prefix, the prefix should be valid format, only Ipv4
prefix is supported.
o Prefix was not received from Peering Service provider.
o Prefix announcement does not have a valid BGP community, please
contact Peering Service provider.
o Backup route not found, please contact Peering Service provider.
o Prefix received with longer AS path, please contact Peering Service
provider.
o Prefix received with private AS in the path, please contact Peering Service
provider.

Add or remove a prefix

Select Add prefixes on the Prefixes page to add prefixes.

Select the ellipsis (...) next to the listed prefix, and select the Delete option.

Delete a Peering Service connection

On the All Resources page, select the check box on the Peering Service and select the
Delete option at the top of the page.

Note: You can't modify an existing prefix.

Next steps
 To learn about Peering Service connection, see Peering Service connection.
 To learn about Peering Service connection telemetry, see Peering Service
connection telemetry.
 To measure telemetry, see Measure connection telemetry.
 To register the connection by using Azure PowerShell, see Register a Peering
Service connection - Azure PowerShell.
 To register the connection by using the Azure CLI, see Register a Peering Service
connection - Azure CLI.