
close
close
The Internet will go down as one of humanity’s best creations as a tool to distribute information at a wide scale in real time. While the platform has many benefits, not everyone wants to connect critical infrastructure component to it as there are also significant risks in exposing your components to the rest of the world.
advertisment
Microsoft announced a new Azure service this week called Bastion which makes it significantly easier to securely and remotely connect to your non-connected VMs. The service is a new and managed PaaS offering that provides seamless RDP and SSH connectivity to your virtual machines over the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).
The key here is that this connection can be made without exposing your IPs to the public Internet and instead, Azure Bastion provisions directly into your Azure Virtual Network; effectively securing the connection and keeping it private from outside eyes. This complex connection can be configured in two clicks, according to Microsoft, and mitigates the need to configure and manage network security policies.
Even though this is a preview, here’s a list of the key features included in this release:
advertisment
On the road ahead, Microsoft will be adding more features including Azure Active Directory support, single-sign-on capabilities, and multi-factor authentication integration. Further, they are looking into enabling native support for third-party RDP/SSH clients as well.
The preview of this service is now available and you can try it out with your tenants here.
More from Brad Sams
advertisment
Petri Newsletters
Whether it’s Security or Cloud Computing, we have the know-how for you. Sign up for our newsletters here.
advertisment
More in Microsoft Azure
Build 2022: Microsoft's Intelligent Data Platform Combines Data and Analytics
May 25, 2022 | Rabia Noureen
Microsoft Revises Restrictive Cloud Licensing Policies to Avoid EU Antitrust Probe
May 19, 2022 | Rabia Noureen
Microsoft's Azure AD Conditional Access Service Can Now Require Reauthentication
May 13, 2022 | Rabia Noureen
Microsoft Addresses Cross-Tenant Database Vulnerability in Azure PostgreSQL
Apr 29, 2022 | Rabia Noureen
Microsoft Simplifies IT Monitoring with New Azure Managed Grafana Service
Apr 19, 2022 | Rabia Noureen
Most popular on petri
Log in to save content to your profile.
Article saved!
Access saved content from your profile page. View Saved
Join The Conversation
Create a free account today to participate in forum conversations, comment on posts and more.
Copyright ©2019 BWW Media Group