Tag: Virtual Machines

Are you looking for information about Virtual Machines in Microsoft Azure? In this archive you will find all our posts about Virtual Machines.

Deploy Azure Bastion and shareable links

By Oliver Müller

On 14. May 2023

In Microsoft Azure

With Azure Bastion and shareable links deployment, RDP and SSH connections to virtual machines in Azure can be made quickly and securely from anywhere. The virtual machines do not need a public IP address, agents or other software, and the time-consuming management of NSGs (network security groups) or VPNs is also eliminated.

Azure Bastion uses a web client based on HTML5 that uses TLS over port 443 and is a PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) service. Regular updated and managed by Microsoft, this Azure service provides an extra layer of protection against zero-day exploits.

Create an Azure snapshot of a virtual hard disk

By Oliver Müller

On 1. April 2023

In Microsoft Azure

An Azure Snapshot is an exact image of a disk at a specific point in time. This is a quicker way to back up the state of a hard disk than with an Azure backup.

Azure snapshots are best suited when, for example, operating system or software updates are to be tested. Additional virtual machines can be cloned from an Azure snapshot for this purpose. An existing virtual machine can also be restored to the original state of the snapshot if required.

This guide describes how to create an Azure snapshot, how to download a snapshot in VHD format, and how to clone a virtual machine from an Azure snapshot.