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Azure Bastion

Overview

What is Azure Bastion?

Azure Bastion is a managed service that provides more secure and seamless Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) and Secure Shell Protocol (SSH) access to virtual machines (VMs) without any exposure through public IP addresses.

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Technician in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 51-200 employees
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Pricing

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Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
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Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $0.19 per hour
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Product Details

What is Azure Bastion?

Azure Bastion is a managed service that provides more secure and seamless Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) and Secure Shell Protocol (SSH) access to virtual machines (VMs) without any exposure through public IP addresses.

Features include:
  • Direct connection for RDP and SSH sessions in the Azure Portal with a single click
  • Support without the need for an agent in a VM or additional software on a browser
  • Integration of existing firewalls and security perimeters using a modern HTML5-based web client and standard SSL ports
  • Scalability to manage additional concurrent SSH and RDP connections

The solution allows users to access all virtual machines within a local or peered virtual network through a single hardened access point. No public IP address is required on VMs—using a Bastion host lets users open a more secure RDP/SSH connection using a private IP address.

Azure Bastion Technical Details

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September 08, 2023

Bastion: Fastest and easiest connection to your Azure VMs through portal

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Technician in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 51-200 employees
Score 8 out of 10
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I use Azure Bastion mainly to connect to our Active Directory Domain Controller servers for fast, secure and relaible connection. Azure Bastion is very easy to use, directly through Azure Portals, and it is web based making it usable in many other platforms withough using a Remote Desktop Connection. Te only issue is copy past feature. It is hard challenging to copy and past from your local machine to Bastion VM. More features are needed for this!
Pros and Cons
  • Fast browser based connection
  • Secure and Reliable
  • Ease of use
  • Flexibility in copy paste feature (resticts it)
  • More control during the boot of VMs
Likelihood to Recommend
It is the best suited to access your Azure VM's fast, secure and with a reliable connection. It may be less suitable then and RDP connection in case you need more customization with your networking especcially with your subnets. Also copy paste feature can be a limitation.
Most Important Features
  • Browser based connection
  • Speed
  • Security
Return on Investment
  • Very positive as it enabled our admins to connect to servers of our clients from any devices
  • Security and speed
  • Copy Paste needs to be solved
Alternatives Considered
Bastion is like one of the best feature of Azure portal as it enables a very easy browser based connection to your VM's in your Azure subscription. It is easier and faster to use RDP .
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