Microsoft Virtual Network Basic Gateway Hours USGOV
Microsoft Virtual Network Basic Gateway Hours provides essential connectivity and operational capacity for your Azure virtual networks, ensuring your business applications remain accessible and compliant.
- Coverage for: Essential gateway hours for Azure Virtual Network connectivity, supporting your core business operations.
- Value: Enables secure and reliable network traffic flow for your internal business applications and services.
- Compliance: Supports regulatory requirements by providing a stable and auditable network foundation.
- Operational Continuity: Ensures your Azure-based resources remain connected and accessible for your end-users.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This offering provides Microsoft Azure Virtual Network Basic Gateway Hours, a crucial component for establishing and maintaining secure network connectivity within your Azure environment. It covers the operational time for basic VPN gateways, enabling essential services like site-to-site and point-to-site VPN connections for your business.
IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations utilize these gateway hours to connect their on-premises networks to Azure or to allow remote users secure access to cloud resources. This is fundamental for hybrid cloud strategies and extending your corporate network into Azure.
- Secure Connectivity: Establishes secure tunnels for data transfer between your on-premises infrastructure and Azure.
- Remote Access: Facilitates secure access for remote employees to your Azure-hosted applications and data.
- Hybrid Cloud Enablement: Connects your existing data centers with your Azure virtual networks for a unified IT environment.
- Operational Uptime: Ensures consistent availability of your network gateway services for uninterrupted business operations.
- Cost Management: Provides a clear, usage-based model for managing your Azure networking expenses.
This essential Azure networking component is ideal for SMB and mid-market businesses needing reliable and secure connectivity for their cloud-based operations.
What This Enables
Enable Secure Site-to-Site VPN Connections
Enable teams to establish secure, encrypted tunnels between their on-premises data centers and Azure virtual networks. This ensures that data transferred between locations remains confidential and protected, supporting hybrid cloud deployments.
Organizations with hybrid cloud strategies, businesses extending on-premises resources to Azure, companies requiring secure data transfer between sites.
Facilitate Secure Remote User Access
Streamline the process for remote employees to securely connect to Azure-hosted applications and resources. This provides a reliable and protected pathway for your workforce to access the tools they need, regardless of their location.
Businesses with remote or distributed workforces, companies enabling BYOD policies, organizations needing secure access to cloud applications.
Support Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Automate the maintenance of critical network links that support business continuity plans. This ensures that your Azure environment remains accessible and connected, even during disruptions to primary network infrastructure.
Organizations prioritizing uptime and resilience, businesses implementing disaster recovery strategies, companies with mission-critical cloud applications.
Key Features
Basic VPN Gateway Functionality
Provides the foundational capabilities for establishing secure VPN connections to your Azure virtual networks.
Usage-Based Billing
Pay only for the gateway hours consumed, offering cost predictability and control for your Azure networking budget.
Secure Data Transmission
Encrypts data in transit, protecting sensitive business information from unauthorized access.
Hybrid Network Integration
Seamlessly connects your on-premises infrastructure with your Azure cloud environment.
Remote Access Capabilities
Enables secure and reliable access for your employees working remotely.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
This vertical requires robust security and reliable connectivity for sensitive financial data and transactions, making secure VPNs essential for compliance and operations.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must maintain secure, compliant access to patient data (PHI) and critical systems, necessitating protected network connections for both internal and remote users.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services companies handle confidential client information and require secure, consistent access to case files and client portals, often from multiple locations.
Manufacturing & Industrial
These organizations often integrate on-premises operational technology (OT) with cloud-based IT systems, requiring secure network bridges for data exchange and remote monitoring.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Virtual Network Basic Gateway?
A Virtual Network Basic Gateway is a resource in Azure that enables VPN connectivity. It allows you to connect your on-premises networks to your Azure virtual networks or to allow remote users to connect to Azure.
What is the difference between Basic and other gateway types?
The Basic SKU offers essential VPN gateway functionality suitable for many SMB and mid-market needs. Higher SKUs offer increased performance, more tunnels, and advanced features for enterprise-level requirements.
How are Virtual Network Gateway Hours billed?
Gateway hours are billed based on the duration the gateway is provisioned and running in your Azure subscription. This subscription covers the operational time for these gateways.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Medium — IT-assisted
Fulfillment
Digital Delivery
License keys / portal provisioning
Support Model
Zent Networks Managed
Renewal, add-license, and lifecycle management included
Subscription Terms
Cancellation
Cancel anytime — no charge on next cycle
You may cancel this subscription at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. You will not be charged for the following billing cycle. Access remains active through the end of the paid term.
Returns
Subscription licenses are non-refundable
Digital software licenses and SaaS subscriptions cannot be returned once activated or provisioned. Contact a Zent Networks account manager if you have questions before purchasing.