Azure Bastion
An Azure service that provides private and fully managed Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) and Secure Shell (SSH) access to virtual machines.
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I have redis cache, which will be accessed by multiple developer at a time privatly using bastion host
I have redis cache, which i want to access privatly using bastion host, but at a time one developer can access bastion host console, if multiple developer want to access redis console privatly using bastion host it is not allowing. Can you suggest me…
asked 2025-03-12T12:52:17.9133333+00:00
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Bishnu Shankar
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asked 2025-03-12T12:52:17.9133333+00:00
Bishnu Shankar
0
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Can no longer connect to one of my VMs via Bastion
connection to one of my VMs via Bastion stopped working. I can no longer connect to it. I tried restarting the VM, but the issue still persists. There is no issues connecting to other VM under the same resource group and NSG
asked 2025-03-06T10:59:05.4133333+00:00
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DZ
21
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edited an answer 2025-03-11T02:52:28.54+00:00
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Sai Prasanna Sinde
4,335
Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
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az network bastion rdp command does not recongize valid VM resource ID
I am attempting to use the az network bastion rdp command to connect to an Azure Windows VM using the native RDP client in Windows. This feature is currently in preview. az network bastion rdp \ --name 'bastion-WestUS2' \ --resource-group…
asked 2022-01-22T04:24:51.807+00:00
Jeff Brown
21
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edited a comment 2025-03-06T08:22:53.4533333+00:00
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Steve Dixon
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How to login Azure VM using Entra ID credential via Azure bastion.
Hello Focks, How to login Azure VM using Entra ID credential via Azure bastion. I am able to login only with VM local account credentials but not with Entra id credential. Azure VM running with Windows 10 22H2 OS and it is Azure AD joined. Please help…
asked 2023-11-24T20:04:28.38+00:00
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Sadish Kumar KK
5
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edited a comment 2025-02-22T17:29:33.42+00:00
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Rijul Sharma
0
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Unable to Connect to Azure Windows VM via RDP (Azure AD User - External UPN)
Hello, I have an Azure VM running Windows Server 2022 with the Microsoft.Azure.ActiveDirectory.AADLoginForWindows extension installed (version 2.2.0). I attempted to connect using my Azure AD user via Windows Desktop Manager (version 2024.3.10.3) from…
asked 2025-02-17T10:18:39.38+00:00
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Visan, Nicolae
36
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answered 2025-02-18T04:07:47.05+00:00
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Vamsi Ram Annepu
225
Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
1 answer
How to display of the VM via Bastion to fill the browser page?
When connecting a VM via Bastion on Firefox, the desktop of the VM is displayed so small you can barely see it and it is completely unusable. I get it since yesterday, before the complete browser was used to display the VM. I guess this is due to the…
asked 2025-01-10T07:07:41.02+00:00
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Loïc Mouchard
25
Reputation points
commented 2025-02-15T08:24:15.2666667+00:00
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Pakhota, Mykhailo
0
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Receive "There was an error creating a session" when using Bastion Developer tier to connect to VM
Hello Forum! I decided to start using the Free Azure Bastion Developer SKU on one of our tenants where I do not need the Bastion Standard or Basic. Deleted the old Bastion Deleted the AzureBastionSubnet since it is not used by the Developer tier. …
asked 2024-12-02T13:47:24.6066667+00:00
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Johan Ponten [Avian]
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answered 2025-02-13T09:29:22.9166667+00:00
Johan Ponten [Avian]
0
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Connect to a VM via Bastion with a non-Azure user
I want to provide access to a VM using Bastion to a person that is not a user in our Azure portal (a customer of mine). Is this possible, or does Bastion require an Azure portal user and role?
asked 2025-02-12T22:16:12.9633333+00:00
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brian dewyer
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answered 2025-02-12T22:27:59.4066667+00:00
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Marcin Policht
38,465
Reputation points MVP
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Unable to Login Qualys machine from Bastion
Hi Team, I did a fresh deployment of a "Qualys Virtual Scanner Appliance on Azure - x64 Gen1" Imaged machine and selected login through password. When I try to login through bastion it always gives below errors. Other Imaged machines are…
asked 2025-02-07T13:18:09.4533333+00:00
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krupa gundraju
20
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commented 2025-02-11T10:49:25.2833333+00:00
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Ganesh Patapati
4,320
Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
1 answer
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
VM Sizing for Concurrent connections
We're planning to set up an environment where around 60 people will be connecting simultaneously to two servers. The users will be performing lightweight tasks, without running any databases or creating applications. I have a couple of questions…
asked 2025-02-03T13:27:53.3133333+00:00
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Abrar Adil S
246
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accepted 2025-02-04T04:38:04.8733333+00:00
Abrar Adil S
246
Reputation points
1 answer
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
Bastion Access to Azure VM
I have granted contributor access to a VM and she is getting "UnauthorizedDataError: data set DataCache:2:2" what could be the cause?
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Capacity of Azure Bastion: How Many Users Can It Support?
Hello @Anonymous ! What is the capacity of Azure Bastion in terms of the number of users supported by the service? I couldn't find information on how to view the supported user count for the service.
asked 2023-06-20T20:40:17.3533333+00:00
Marvin Mauricio Conejo Artavia
60
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commented 2025-01-23T11:05:53.08+00:00
Abrar Adil S
246
Reputation points
1 answer
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
Using Third-Party MFA for Azure Bastion
Is there any documentation to use any third party MFA solution with Azure bastion?
asked 2022-03-28T16:32:03.747+00:00
CJ Shields
41
Reputation points
commented 2025-01-21T12:52:16.6666667+00:00
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Jadhav, Vaibhav
0
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6 answers
Azure Bastion host using Azure Active Directory credentials..
Are we able to access VM via Azure Bastion host using Azure Active Directory credentials?? I have followed instructions to set bastion up and still getting the bellow error. I am able to sign in using the admin credentials but not the Azure AD…
asked 2022-08-08T20:46:15.947+00:00
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Cesar Martinez
21
Reputation points
commented 2025-01-14T14:24:56.86+00:00
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Eldin Egrlic
0
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2 answers
The network connection to the bastion host appears unstable
Unable to connect through virtual machine via Azure Bastion and getting the error "The network connection to the bastion host appears unstable".
asked 2022-05-09T11:00:59.443+00:00
RaziEngg
6
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edited a comment 2025-01-03T14:16:05.7733333+00:00
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FrankSoliman-2421
0
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Not able to connect to VM using Bastion service
I have configured the Baston service, but it is not giving not connecting once I click on connect, here is the error. Please suggest. Thank you g
asked 2023-01-01T11:56:51.547+00:00
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sns
9,241
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answered 2024-12-12T14:43:38.2633333+00:00
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Prithivi Rajan
0
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1 answer
Azure Bastion
Why if we connect to the azure VM using bastion always get error login failed, but if remote using RDP with same credentials, we able to login.
asked 2024-12-12T00:21:46.5+00:00
Handian Sudianto
5,776
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commented 2024-12-12T06:17:01.4333333+00:00
Handian Sudianto
5,776
Reputation points
1 answer
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Identity subscription AD VM access
Hi All! I have a quick question on best practices when deploying Domain controllers in a dedicated Azure Identity subscription (as per the…
asked 2024-12-10T10:32:18.5966667+00:00
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Eddie Vincent
145
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commented 2024-12-10T11:10:57.07+00:00
Eddie Vincent
145
Reputation points
1 answer
All users are inexplicably unable to login to an Azure VM. Yesterday it was working fine.
An azure server that I logged into yesterday is now showing this error when ANYONE tries to login to it. Wondering if Patch Tuesday might be the culprit: "The target machine is either currently unreachable or username/password is not correct. Please…
asked 2024-11-13T23:15:10.03+00:00
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Seth Spearman
0
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answered 2024-11-14T06:29:01.2266667+00:00
Sai Prasanna Sinde
4,335
Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
1 answer
Azure Bastion not automatically deleting old sessions
We have a situation where our bastion just keeps adding to the number of active sessions and not deleting the sessions no longer used. This goes on until the limit for our size is hit and we need to kill it and start over. Currently it shows 40+ active…
asked 2024-10-30T09:31:52.2633333+00:00
Kent Nordström
0
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answered 2024-10-30T11:44:21.1933333+00:00
Ganesh Patapati
4,320
Reputation points Microsoft External Staff