# Private Networking for USM Unified Stream Manager (USM) requires a secure, private network connection between your Confluent Platform cluster and Confluent Cloud. Only operational metadata and telemetry flow across this connection. Your message data remains in your Confluent Platform environment, and private networking ensures traffic never traverses the public internet. Public networking isn’t supported. You configure this connection from a network configuration wizard in the Confluent Cloud Console. On the **Select network configuration** page, click **Add network configuration**. The **Configure gateway** panel that opens lists the following cloud providers: * AWS * Azure USM currently supports AWS and Azure for private networking. Google Cloud isn’t supported. ## Choose your cloud provider Select the option that matches where your Confluent Cloud environment is deployed: * [Configure AWS Private Networking for USM Agents](usm-network.md#usm-network) * [Configure Azure Private Networking for USM Agents](usm-network-azure.md#usm-network-azure) ## Related content * [Unified Stream Manager in Confluent Cloud](../overview.md#cloud-usm-overview) * [Register Your Confluent Platform Cluster](overview.md#cloud-usm-register) * [Configure AWS Private Networking for USM Agents](usm-network.md#usm-network) * [Configure Azure Private Networking for USM Agents](usm-network-azure.md#usm-network-azure)