Azure: Can Public PaaS connect to private network via Express Route?

Question

Can Publicly accessible Azure Mobile Services, hosted via PaaS, access a private internal network if there was an existing Express Route setup?

So basically, a user with a Smart Phone calls an Azure Hosted PaaS Mobile Service, the mobile services then communicates, through the Express Route, with objects (like a database or other services) hosted in the private network and then respond to the caller with some of that data.

Is this currently possible using PaaS and an Express Route?

Answer 1

The answer is yes and it is the Application Service Environment which comes with your own vnet.