Merge pull request #297604 from asudbring/us417294-vnet-top-freshness

Freshness review and minor acrolinx updates - VNET overview

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articles/virtual-network/virtual-networks-overview.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ author: asudbring
 # Customer intent: As someone with a basic network background who is new to Azure, I want to understand the capabilities of Azure Virtual Network so that my Azure resources can securely communicate with each other, the internet, and my on-premises resources.
 ms.service: azure-virtual-network
 ms.topic: overview
-ms.date: 05/08/2023
+ms.date: 03/31/2025
 ms.author: allensu
 ms.custom: ai-video-concept
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@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Key scenarios that you can accomplish with a virtual network include:
 
 All resources in a virtual network can communicate outbound with the internet, by default. You can also use a [public IP address](./ip-services/virtual-network-public-ip-address.md), [NAT gateway](../nat-gateway/nat-overview.md), or [public load balancer](../load-balancer/load-balancer-overview.md) to manage your [outbound connections](../load-balancer/load-balancer-outbound-connections.md). You can communicate inbound with a resource by assigning a public IP address or a public load balancer.
 
-When you're using only an [internal standard load balancer](../load-balancer/load-balancer-overview.md), outbound connectivity is not available until you define how you want outbound connections to work with an instance-level public IP address or a public load balancer.
+When you're using only an [internal standard load balancer](../load-balancer/load-balancer-overview.md), outbound connectivity isn't available until you define how you want outbound connections to work with an instance-level public IP address or a public load balancer.
 
 ### Communicate between Azure resources
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Azure resources communicate securely with each other in one of the following way
 - **Virtual network**: You can deploy VMs and other types of Azure resources in a virtual network. Examples of resources include App Service Environments, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets. To view a complete list of Azure resources that you can deploy in a virtual network, see [Deploy dedicated Azure services into virtual networks](virtual-network-for-azure-services.md).
 
 > [!NOTE]  
-> To move a virtual machine from one virtual network to another, you must delete and recreate the virtual machine in the new virtual network.  The virtual machine's disks can be retained for use in the new virtual machine.
+> To move a virtual machine from one virtual network to another, you must delete and recreate the virtual machine in the new virtual network. The virtual machine's disks can be retained for use in the new virtual machine.
 
 - **Virtual network service endpoint**: You can extend your virtual network's private address space and the identity of your virtual network to Azure service resources over a direct connection. Examples of resources include Azure Storage accounts and Azure SQL Database. Service endpoints allow you to secure your critical Azure service resources to only a virtual network. To learn more, see [Virtual network service endpoints](virtual-network-service-endpoints-overview.md).
 
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ You can connect your on-premises computers and networks to a virtual network by
 
 - **Point-to-site virtual private network (VPN)**: Established between a virtual network and a single computer in your network. Each computer that wants to establish connectivity with a virtual network must configure its connection. This connection type is useful if you're just getting started with Azure, or for developers, because it requires few or no changes to an existing network. The communication between your computer and a virtual network is sent through an encrypted tunnel over the internet. To learn more, see [About point-to-site VPN](../vpn-gateway/point-to-site-about.md?toc=/azure/virtual-network/toc.json#).
 
-- **Site-to-site VPN**: Established between your on-premises VPN device and an Azure VPN gateway that's deployed in a virtual network. This connection type enables any on-premises resource that you authorize to access a virtual network. The communication between your on-premises VPN device and an Azure VPN gateway is sent through an encrypted tunnel over the internet. To learn more, see [Site-to-site VPN](../vpn-gateway/design.md?toc=/azure/virtual-network/toc.json#s2smulti).
+- **Site-to-site VPN**: Established between your on-premises VPN device and an Azure VPN gateway deployed in a virtual network. This connection type enables any on-premises resource that you authorize to access a virtual network. The communication between your on-premises VPN device and an Azure VPN gateway is sent through an encrypted tunnel over the internet. To learn more, see [Site-to-site VPN](../vpn-gateway/design.md?toc=/azure/virtual-network/toc.json#s2smulti).
 
 - **Azure ExpressRoute**: Established between your network and Azure, through an ExpressRoute partner. This connection is private. Traffic doesn't go over the internet. To learn more, see [What is Azure ExpressRoute?](../expressroute/expressroute-introduction.md?toc=/azure/virtual-network/toc.json).
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ You can filter network traffic between subnets by using either or both of the fo
 
 - **Network security groups**: Network security groups and application security groups can contain multiple inbound and outbound security rules. These rules enable you to filter traffic to and from resources by source and destination IP address, port, and protocol. To learn more, see [Network security groups](./network-security-groups-overview.md) and [Application security groups](./application-security-groups.md).
 
-- **Network virtual appliances**: A network virtual appliance is a VM that performs a network function, such as a firewall or WAN optimization. To view a list of available network virtual appliances that you can deploy in a virtual network, go to [Azure Marketplace](https://azuremarketplace.microsoft.com/marketplace/apps/category/networking?page=1&subcategories=appliances).
+- **Network virtual appliances**: A network virtual appliance is a virtual machine that performs a network function, such as a firewall or WAN optimization. To view a list of available network virtual appliances that you can deploy in a virtual network, go to [Azure Marketplace](https://azuremarketplace.microsoft.com/marketplace/apps/category/networking?page=1&subcategories=appliances).
 
 ### Route network traffic