Advantages Of Azure Bastion
- There are several benefits we have to opt the Azure Boston to set up virtual machines via private IP address. Following table illustrates some main key benefits of using Azure Boston:
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Benefit |
Description |
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RDP and SSH through the Azure portal |
You can get to the RDP and SSH session directly in the Azure portal using a single-click seamless experience. |
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Remote Session over TLS and firewall traversal for RDP/SSH |
Azure Bastion uses an HTML5 based web client that is automatically streamed to your local device. Your RDP/SSH session is over TLS on port 443. This enables the traffic to traverse firewalls more securely. Bastion supports TLS 1.2. Older TLS versions aren’t supported. |
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No Public IP address required on the Azure VM |
Azure Bastion opens the RDP/SSH connection to your Azure VM by using the private IP address on your VM. You don’t need a public IP address on your virtual machine. |
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No hassle of managing Network Security Groups |
you don’t need to apply any NSGs to the Azure Bastion subnet. Because Azure Bastion connects to your virtual machines over private IP, you can configure your NSGs to allow RDP/SSH from Azure Bastion only. This removes the hassle of managing NSGs each time you need to securely connect to your virtual machines. |
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No need to manage a separate bastion host on a VM |
Azure Bastion is a fully managed platform PaaS service from Azure that is hardened internally to provide you secure RDP/SSH connectivity. |
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Protection against port scanning |
Your VMs are protected against port scanning by rogue and malicious users because you don’t need to expose the VMs to the internet. |
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Hardening in one place only |
Azure Bastion sits at the perimeter of your virtual network, so you don’t need to worry about hardening each of the VMs in your virtual network. |
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Protection against zero-day exploits |
The Azure platform protects against zero-day exploits by keeping the Azure Bastion hardened and always up to date for you. |
What Is Azure Bastion ?
Azure is a cloud service which is provided by Microsoft. It allows companies to use Microsoft’s powerful computers and storage over the internet instead of having their own. This helps the companies to run their applications and store their data easily and in a secure way. With the help of Azure, users can create virtual computers, store files, build websites, manage databases, and much more. It provides services to users for machine learning and artificial intelligence too which means users can train computers to recognize images, understand speech, and make smart decisions.
Azure’s strength is its Kubernetes service, which helps the user manage and scale applications that run in containers. Azure also has advanced tools for developing, testing, and deploying software, making it easier for teams to work together. We can say that it provides a wide range of cloud services that help businesses to work more efficiently and are cost-effective as well.