Azure Bastion

Traditionally, there were two main ways to connect to VMs in the cloud. The first was to assign a static public IP address and connect to VMs via RDP or Secure Shell (SSH). This was later replaced by removing the public IP address and using a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to securely connect to the server via RDP or SSH. More secure practices incorporate a jump-box server for connecting to clients. This acts as a proxy server that facilitates your connection to services and VMs as opposed to connecting directly to them, as it adds an additional layer of security. The Azure Bastion service enables you to connect to a VM by using your browser and the Azure portal instead of using other technologies such as VPNs. Bastion is a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) tool that acts as a jump-box-type service that you provision inside your VNet in Azure. A jump-box service is an intermediary connection point between a user’s device and a remote system such as a server, with the...