Azure's explicit outbound methods are a NAT gateway on the subnet, a Standard load balancer with outbound rules, a Standard public IP on the VM NIC, or an NVA or firewall reached through a user-defined route.

Checked 2026-10-14

Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Azure Virtual Network
Subsystem
nat
Deployment
iaas
Region
not restricted
Release range
current as of 2026-10-14
Checked
2026-10-14

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, October 14). Running a virtual SBC in Azure or AWS: source note cloud-hosted-sbc-azure-explicit-outbound-methods. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/cloud-hosted-sbc-azure-explicit-outbound-methods

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-cloud-hosted-sbc-azure-explicit-outbound-methods,
  title  = {Running a virtual SBC in Azure or AWS: source note cloud-hosted-sbc-azure-explicit-outbound-methods},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/cloud-hosted-sbc-azure-explicit-outbound-methods},
  note   = {Source note cloud-hosted-sbc-azure-explicit-outbound-methods, checked 2026-10-14}
}

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