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Public preview: Announcing the new Azure Bastion Developer SKU
The Bastion Developer SKU represents a novel, cost-effective, and streamlined version of the Bastion service.
May 2022
General availability: Azure Bastion IP based connection
You can now use Azure Bastion to connect to on-premises resources over ExpressRoute and Site-to-Site VPN
April 2022
Public preview: Azure Bastion support for Kerberos authentication
Azure Bastion now supports the Kerberos authentication protocol in public preview.
March 2022
General availability: Azure Bastion native client support
Azure Bastion native client support brings you the ability to connect to target VMs from the command line and log in using your Azure Active Directory credentials.
February 2022
Public preview: Azure Bastion now supports file transfer via the native client
Azure Bastion offers support for file transfer between your target VM and local computer using Bastion and a native RDP or SSH client.
November 2021
Public preview: Azure Bastion native client support
Azure Bastion native client support brings you the ability to connect to target VMs from the command line and log in using their Azure Active Directory credentials.
General availability: Bastion Standard SKU
Azure Bastion Standard SKU offers key capabilities for enterprises, unblocking critical customer scenarios.
July 2021
Azure Bastion Standard SKU public preview
Azure Bastion Standard SKU offers key capabilities for enterprises, unblocking critical customer scenarios.
May 2021
General availability: VNET peering support for Azure Bastion
You can now deploy Azure Bastion in a peered Virtual Network (VNet), enabling RDP/SSH connectivity to virtual machines deployed in a peered Virtual network (VNet)
August 2020
Upcoming billing changes to Azure Bastion
Azure Bastion to start billing in Azure US Gov Zone 1.
February 2020
Azure Bastion is now available in 20 new regions
Azure Bastion is now generally available in 20 new regions.
January 2020
Azure Bastion now generally available in East US 2 and West US 2
Azure Bastion is now generally available in two more Azure public cloud regions—East US 2 and West US 2. We'll continue to add more regions going forward.
November 2019
Azure Bastion is now generally available
At Ignite 2019, Microsoft announced the general availability (GA) of Azure Bastion, a fully managed platform as a service (PaaS) service that provides more secure and seamless RDP and SSH access to virtual machines directly through the Azure portal.
September 2019
Connect to your virtual machine (VM) through a web browser
Azure DevTest Labs now integrates with Azure Bastion, enabling you to connect to your virtual machines through a web browser.
June 2019
Azure Bastion - RDP and SSH over SSL - now available for Preview
Fully managed service for seamless and secure RDP/SSH access to your virtual machines without public IP on the VM.
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