Evaluate segmentation, inspection, private connectivity, secure web gateway, and identity-aware access designs across branch, remote, cloud, and multitenant environments.
Design from flows and trust boundaries
Document users, workloads, destinations, protocols, data sensitivity, inspection needs, latency, and failure behavior. Network controls should support explicit access decisions and limit lateral movement, not simply create a large trusted internal zone.
Combine cloud network controls
Use segmentation, security groups, firewalls, web application firewalls, DDoS protection, private endpoints, DNS controls, and centralized routing where their control objectives apply. Avoid unnecessary traffic hairpins and single points of failure.
Evaluate Security Service Edge
Microsoft Entra Internet Access can provide secure web gateway capabilities and access controls for internet and Microsoft services, including cross-tenant scenarios. Microsoft Entra Private Access provides identity-aware access to private applications and resources without granting broad network access.
Plan transitions
SSE adoption affects clients, connectors, routing, DNS, Conditional Access, inspection, logging, and support processes. Pilot representative applications, define fallback behavior, and verify that legacy protocols and service accounts have an explicit migration path.
| Requirement | Likely pattern |
|---|---|
| Private application access | Entra Private Access |
| Govern internet destinations | Entra Internet Access |
| Protect public web apps | WAF and DDoS controls |
| Limit workload lateral movement | Segmentation and workload policy |