Which connectivity option provides private IP access to cloud services?

Which connectivity option provides private IP access to cloud services?

• A. VPN
• B. VNet peering
• C. Private endpoints
• D. Public internet

Answer: (C)

Private endpoints are designed to give cloud services a private IP in your own virtual network, so you can reach those services over the provider’s private network rather than the public Internet. This means traffic to the service stays within the cloud backbone, which improves security and lowers exposure to external networks. A VPN creates a secure tunnel to a remote network, but it doesn’t automatically attach a private IP within your VNet to a cloud service. VNet peering connects two VNets so resources can communicate, but it doesn’t inherently provide private IP access to a service’s endpoint. The public Internet option uses the service’s public endpoint, which is not private.

Private endpoints are designed to give cloud services a private IP in your own virtual network, so you can reach those services over the provider’s private network rather than the public Internet. This means traffic to the service stays within the cloud backbone, which improves security and lowers exposure to external networks.

A VPN creates a secure tunnel to a remote network, but it doesn’t automatically attach a private IP within your VNet to a cloud service. VNet peering connects two VNets so resources can communicate, but it doesn’t inherently provide private IP access to a service’s endpoint. The public Internet option uses the service’s public endpoint, which is not private.