Chapter 9
Azure Bastion
Overview
Azure Bastion is a fully managed platform as a service (PaaS) provided by Microsoft that helps users securely access Windows and Linux virtual machines (VMs) hosted in Azure with any HTML5-based web browser. As a fully managed secure service, Azure Bastion eliminates the need for public exposure of any VMs in Azure.
Azure Bastion provides secure access directly from the Azure Portal over TLS via RDP or SSH protocols to VMs hosted in Azure. The VMs do not require the installation of any agents or custom software for RDP/SSH access to work.
Setting up and using Azure Bastion is extremely easy. Doing so can reduce the direct public exposure of critical infrastructure components—that is, VMs—and thereby improve ...
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