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Access Windows VMs over SSL without Public IPs using Azure Bastion

At your company, they've blocked port 3389 outgoing on the firewall and established a mandate that all Windows VMs not be accessible from the internet. In order to log in to Windows VMs, you need to come up with a solution.

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Level
Clock icon Beginner
Duration
Clock icon 45m
Published
Clock icon Oct 09, 2020

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Create an Azure Bastion Subnet

    1. In the Azure portal, click the menu in the upper left and select Virtual networks.
    2. Select the provisioned VNet and click Subnets.
    3. In the upper left, click + Subnet to add a new subnet.
    4. In Name, enter AzureBastionSubnet and click OK.
  2. Challenge

    Create an Azure Bastion Service

    1. From the Azure All services page, select Bastions.

    2. Click + Add.

    3. From the Create a Bastion page, set the following values:

      • Resource group: Select existing
      • Name: Bastion1
      • Region: Set to the same region as your lab provided resource group**
      • Virtual network: lab-VNet1
      • Subnet: AzureBastionSubnet (10.0.1.0/24)
      • Public IP address name: bastionpip
    4. Click Review + create.

    5. Click Create.

    Note: Deployment may take a while.

  3. Challenge

    Connect to the Windows VM via Bastion

    1. From the Azure All services page, select Virtual machines.
    2. Select the winVM virtual machine.
    3. From the top menu, click Connect > Bastion.
    4. Click Use Bastion.
    5. Enter the login credentials provided on the lab homepage.
    6. Click Connect.

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