I\u2019ve had a customer in Northern Ireland report the same problem in North Europe.<\/p>\n
The process goes like this:<\/p>\n
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- You select VPN gateway type<\/li>\n
- Select Route-Based<\/li>\n
- Select Basic as the SKU<\/li>\n
- Then you attempt to select the virtual network that you want to use \u2013 it already has a gateway subnet<\/li>\n
- You cannot continue because the virtual network is greyed out<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nThe error shown is:<\/p>\n
The following issues must be fixed to use this virtual network: The VPN gateway cannot have a basic SKU in order for it to coexist with an existing ExpressRoute gateway.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
In all cases so far, the subscriptions have been either brand new CSP\/trial subscriptions with no previous resources, or my lab subscription where I\u2019ve used a new virtual network to demonstrate this scenario \u2013 and I have never deployed ExpressRoute in any subscription.<\/p>\n
Workaround<\/h2>\n
Credit where credit is due \u2013 some of my attendees last week figured out how to beat the UI bug.<\/p>\n
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- Close the Choose Virtual Network blade if it is open.<\/li>\n
- Select the VpnGw1 tier gateway in the Create Virtual Network Gateway blade \u2013 don\u2019t worry, you won\u2019t be creating it if you don\u2019t want to pay the price.<\/li>\n
- Click Choose A Virtual Network<\/li>\n
- Select your virtual network<\/li>\n
- Change the SKU of the gateway back to Basic<\/li>\n
- Finish the wizard<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nI know \u2013 it\u2019s a daft UI bug, but the above workaround works.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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