A Network Watcher view diagramming the resources in a VNet and how they relate. Traffic and packets are not shown.
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Terms in this definition
- Network Watcher
Collection of Azure network troubleshooting tools: next hop, IP flow verify, packet capture, Connection Monitor and flow logs, among others.
- View
Shows a system through one chosen group of related concerns. No view is generic; each one is tied to whichever architecture it depicts.
- VNet
A private network belonging to a single subscription and region and covering all of that region's availability zones. A VM can only use a VNet located in the same region.
Related terms
- KCC
Knowledge Consistency Checker: runs on each DC and automatically generates the replication topology for Active Directory.
- Replication group
DFS Replication members sharing bandwidth settings, a schedule and a topology, replicating one or more folders between them.
- VPN client profile configuration package
Generated as a zip from a gateway's point-to-site settings. Since Windows clients keep only the routes known when it was produced, any change to peering or topology means downloading and reinstalling it.