DE-CIX Mumbai & Chennai enhanced with business-class connectivity to Microsoft Services

DE-CIX, the carrier and data center neutral Internet Exchange (IX) operator, announces that its global collaboration with Microsoft is expanding to DE-CIX Mumbai and DE-CIX Chennai, which are now offering enhanced business-class connectivity to the Microsoft Azure Peering Service.

 The Microsoft Azure Peering Service is a solution to provide highly reliable and optimised internet connectivity to Microsoft’s SaaS services, including Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365. Furthermore, the service also provides Internet latency telemetry and route monitoring, with security alerts against hijacks, leaks, and any other Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) misconfigurations.

Microsoft Azure Peering Service

 DE-CIX Chennai and DE-CIX Mumbai, the largest Internet Exchange in the APAC region, offer this service through their market-leading distributed Interconnection Platforms. Once connected, SMEs, SMBs, Enterprises as well as Telcos, Data Centers and  ISPs serving them, can benefit from DE-CIX’s enterprise-class interconnection services to improve the user experience for Microsoft SaaS services. Through DE-CIX, the Microsoft Azure Peering Service provides a dedicated, controlled, secured, and direct connection to the Microsoft network with the benefits of high availability and low latency, according to the company's official communication.