Azure Bastion documentation

Learn how to use Azure Bastion to connect to a virtual machine. Configure secure and seamless RDP/SSH connectivity to your virtual machines directly in the Azure portal over SSL. When you connect via Azure Bastion, your virtual machines don't need a public IP address.

• Bastion documentation
• Overview
  • What is Azure Bastion?
  • What's new in Bastion?
  • Bastion SKU comparison
  • Cost optimization principles
  • Bastion FAQ
• Get Started
  • Deploy Bastion - Azure portal
  • Deploy private-only Bastion
  • Deploy Bastion - ARM template
  • Deploy Bastion - Terraform
  • Azure PowerShell
  • Azure CLI
• Design & Architecture
  • Identity & authentication
    • Configure Kerberos authentication
    • Configure Microsoft Entra ID authentication
    • Connect to a virtual machine
      • Windows VM
        • RDP connection
        • SSH connection
      • Linux VM
        • SSH connection
        • RDP connection
  • Connectivity & Access Methods
    • Bastion and VNet peering
    • Connect to an AKS cluster
    • Configure native client support
      • Connect from Windows native client
      • Connect from Linux native client
      • Transfer files - native client
    • Connect to a VM - IP address
    • Connect to a VM scale set
    • Connect to DevTest Labs VMs
    • Configure a shareable link
    • Deploy private-only Bastion
  • Authorization & Privileged Access
    • Work with NSGs
  • Session controls, auditing, and monitoring
    • Monitor Azure Bastion
    • Monitor and manage sessions
    • Configure session recording
  • Platform
    • Configure host scaling
      • Azure portal
      • Azure PowerShell
    • Design architecture
    • Availability zones and disaster recovery
  • Bastion configuration settings
  • Work remotely
    • Support for working remotely
    • Leverage Bastion for remote working
  • VM connections and features
• Security
  • Secure Bastion
  • Security baseline
  • Azure Security blog
• Configure
  • Configure Bastion settings
    • View or upgrade SKU
  • Work with a VM session
    • Copy and paste
    • Full screen view
  • Troubleshoot
• Reference
  • Azure PowerShell
  • REST
  • Azure CLI
  • Bastion monitoring data reference
• Resources
  • Azure Networking blog
  • Microsoft Q&A question page - Azure Bastion
  • Networking feedback
  • Pricing
  • Subscription and service limits
  • SLA
  • Preview SLA