{"id":2994,"date":"2018-03-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/blog\/just-in-time-vm-access-is-generally-available"},"modified":"2025-06-27T08:49:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T15:49:37","slug":"just-in-time-vm-access-is-generally-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/just-in-time-vm-access-is-generally-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Just-in-Time VM Access is generally available"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Azure Security Center provides several threat prevention mechanisms to help you reduce surface areas susceptible to attack. One of those mechanisms is Just-in-Time (JIT) VM Access. 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