Short answer
FirstNet helps configure networking and security on both ends, on your network and on the cloud side, so you realise the benefits of direct peering safely. Any changes to your cloud environment are identified and planned during design rather than discovered later.
In detail
FirstNet's architects design cloud on-ramps that align with your security model and growth plans, in four stages:
- Assessment: baseline your current latency and traffic patterns.
- Design: right-size ports, redundancy and traffic segregation.
- Implementation: configure routing, security policies and monitoring.
- Optimisation: ongoing review of utilisation and performance KPIs.
The design stage covers questions such as how traffic to your Azure or AWS environments is routed and segregated, and which security policies govern access to cloud resources. Microsoft 365 traffic benefits from FirstNet's direct Microsoft peering as part of the network path.
Peering also integrates with FirstNet's private connectivity and security services, so the on-ramp forms part of an end-to-end, controlled architecture rather than a standalone link. A FirstNet connectivity assessment quantifies the latency gains you can expect and sets out a peering plan before anything changes.
Source: FirstNet Direct Peering with Microsoft & AWS service page →
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