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--- title: Connect to on-premises environment description: Learn how to connect your on-premises environment to Azure VMware Solution Gen 2 using ExpressRoute or Site-to-Site VPN for seamless integration. ms.topic: how-to ms.service: azure-vmware ms.date: 4/21/2025 ms.custom: engagement-fy25 #customer intent: As an IT administrator, I want to connect my on-premises environment to my Azure VMware Solution Generation 2 private cloud so that I can extend my infrastructure seamlessly. # Customer intent: "As an IT administrator, I want to establish a connection from my on-premises environment to my Azure VMware Solution Gen 2 private cloud using ExpressRoute or Site-to-Site VPN, so that I can ensure seamless integration and enhance the overall infrastructure connectivity." --- # Connect to an on-premises environment You require network connectivity between the your Azure VMware Solution Generation 2 (Gen 2) private cloud and other networks you deployed in an Azure Virtual Network, on-premises, other Azure VMware Solution private clouds, or on the Internet. In this article, you learn how your Gen 2 private cloud gets connectivity to your on-premises environments. ## Prerequisites - Ensure you have an Azure VMware Solution Gen 2 private cloud deployed successfully within your Azure Virtual Network. - Ensure that you have a Virtual Network and a Virtual Network gateway created and fully provisioned. Follow the instructions to create a Virtual Network gateway for ExpressRoute. A Virtual Network gateway for ExpressRoute uses the GatewayType ExpressRoute, not VPN. - Ensure you have an active ExpressRoute circuit provisioned. ## Connect to an on-premises environment Connectivity to on-premises is performed using a standard ExpressRoute connection or Site-to-Site VPN. This is similar to the way customers establish connectivity between Azure Virtual Network and on-premises connectivity as described in the Azure Virtual Network documentation. > [!NOTE] > You can connect through VPN, but that information is out of scope for this article. :::image type="content" source="./media/native-connectivity/native-connect-on-premises.png" alt-text="Diagram of an Azure VMware Solution connection to on-premises environment." lightbox="media/native-connectivity/native-connect-on-premises.png"::: ## Related topics - [Connectivity to an Azure Virtual Network](native-network-connectivity.md) - [Internet connectivity options](native-internet-connectivity-design-considerations.md) - [Connect multiple Gen 2 private clouds](native-connect-multiple-private-clouds.md) - [Connect Gen 2 private clouds and Gen 1 private clouds](native-connect-private-cloud-previous-edition.md) - [Public and Private DNS forward lookup zone configuration](native-dns-forward-lookup-zone.md)