SaaS Connect is a Liquid dedicated public connection to Microsoft cloud services such as Office 365, Dynamics 365, Azure or any Microsoft routes accessible via the public internet. SaaS Connect leverages the direct peering with Microsoft AS 8075 and extends the AS 8075 prefixes to the client. SaaS Connect supports Microsoft Azure Peering Service (MAPS) where enterprises combine the value of the Liquid network and the Global Microsoft network to increase performance and optimize traffic routing by selecting the shortest path to Microsoft.