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One Private Endpoint, Many SQLs: Port-Multiplexed Private Link to On-Prem

Reaching N on-prem SQL Servers from an isolated Azure VNet through a single Private Endpoint, by port-multiplexing through a Standard ILB and a pair of Linux NAT VMs.

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Breaking Up the Flat Zone: Sharding Azure Private DNS

Breaking a flat private DNS zone into shards, and routing queries to the right one.

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Delivering Anycast DNS in Azure with Infoblox Universal DDI and Virtual WAN

How to deploy Infoblox NIOS-X and Anycast DNS in Azure using Azure Virtual WAN for multi-region resilient DNS.

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Delivering Anycast DNS in AWS with Infoblox Universal DDI and AWS Cloud WAN

How to deploy Infoblox NIOS-X and Anycast DNS in AWS using Cloud WAN for global reachability and resilient DNS resolution.

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