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Well on every server or Windows device there is the Internet explorer and prepairing some server workloads you may need some browser and may need to connect to Azure. using an old browser is always an bad idea.
When setting up a new server what ever version it is I always remove the IE icon and install Msedge this works fine and gives me a more secure feeling.
Opening the Azure portal with IE you will see a warning about non supported browser.
With the option to download the Edge directly
The portal still opens in IE but using some functions are not working sample as anything that will use HTML5
Official Download links for Microsoft Edge Stable Enterprise
I’m not 100% sure it’s final but anyone who wishes/wants can test it.
Microsoft Edge Stable Enterprise
X64.msi
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=2093437
X86.msi
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=2093505
MicrosoftEdgePolicyTemplates.cab
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=2099616
MicrosoftEdgeIntunePolicyTemplate.cab
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=2099617
macOS.pkg
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=2093438
Blocker Toolkit to disable automatic delivery of Microsoft Edge
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-blocker-toolkit
So when you want to auto mate this the following lines could be used to install quickly Microsoft Edge
#Create temp folder
New-Item -Path ‘C:\temp’ -ItemType Directory -Force | Out-Null
#Install Edge
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=2093437" -OutFile ‘c:\temp\MicrosoftEdgeEnterpriseX64.msi’
Invoke-Expression -Command ‘C:\temp\MicrosoftEdgeEnterpriseX64.msi /quiet /norestart’
This will install Microsoft Edge and you can set this in a powershell script and in the GPO that way all new servers will get Microsoft Edge.
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There are multiple ways on how to use a VPN and how to connect and use this. In this blog I use an Azure Virtual WAN Hub with associated security and routing policies configured by Azure Firewall Manager.
When connecting to your Virtual Hub over the IKEv2 protocol, you can use certificate-based authentication or RADIUS authentication. However, when you use the OpenVPN protocol, you can also use Azure Active Directory authentication.
I will use the open VPN with Azure Active Directory authentication. Remember this is only supported on Windows 10 as you will need the Azure VPN client from the microsoft store.
For giving the vpn application the proper permissions, you need to register the application to your Azure AD first.
below is the default URL that can be used to trigger the registration, use the proper rights to create an enterprise App in you Azure AD
https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize?client_id=41b23e61-6c1e-4545-b367-cd054e0ed4b4&response_type=code&redirect_uri=https://portal.azure.com&nonce=1234&prompt=admin_consent
Sign in with the proper credentials
Using the wrong account will end up in
AADSTS50020: User account from identity provider ‘live.com’ does not exist in tenant ‘Microsoft’ and cannot access the application ‘4b4′(Azure VPN) in that tenant. The account needs to be added as an external user in the tenant first. Sign out and sign in again with a different Azure Active Directory user account.
When Accepted the you will be redirected to the Azure portal.
In the Azure portal you can go to the Azure active directory and
Enterprise applications | All applications and search for Azure VPN
Now that the basics are in place, we can configure our Site to Site VPN profile the following information is needed.
Go to your Virtual Wan and select the user VPN configuration
Create User VPN ##### I noticed during the writing of this blog post the screens may differ as the portal changed the layout#######
- Configuration name – Enter the name you want to call your User VPN Configuration.
- Tunnel type – Select OpenVPN.
- Authentication method – Select Azure Active Directory.
- Audience – Type in the Application ID of the Azure VPN Enterprise Application registered in your Azure AD tenant.
- Issuer –
https://sts.windows.net/tenantID/
- AAD Tenant –
https://login.microsoftonline.com/TenantID
Select open VPN
go to the Azure Active Directory <> properties and grab the Tenant ID
Set the switch to yes and new fields will open.
#the number is your tenant ID
Now that the VPN user profile is created we can configure the HUB
Now that the user vpn profile is created we can create the P2S VPN. Select your hub
Select the user VPN point to site VPN select create
Creating a VPN gateway you need to select the just created User profile.
Select a proper IP subnet and if needed a DNS server for the workload into that network
Updating a hub can take 30 minutes or more.
Download User VPN profile as we need this on the Windows 10 client later.
Use the VPN profile to configure your clients.
- On the page for your Virtual WAN, click User VPN configurations.
- At the top of the page, click Download user VPN config.
- Once the file has finished creating, you can click the link to download it.
- Use the profile file to configure the VPN clients.
To download the Azure VPN client on your windows 10 test device.
Use this link to download the Azure VPN Client.
Open the VPN Client you can add a new VPN or import a Connection
For Importing the Connection we need the just downloaded zip file and extract this in the AzureVPN folder there is a XML that holds the vpn configuration.
If any thing goes wron with the import it is 99% your pbk file,
go to the following folder and delete the files – this will probably also remove your other vpn connections it you had any.
%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Network\Connections\Pbk\rasphone.pbk
C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.AzureVpn_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState
Now that the Import worked and you are ready to connect to the VPN in Azure.
Use your Azure AD credentials or your FIDO2 key
Now we are fully connected to the Secure Virtual WAN in Azure
It can take some time to see your connection in the portal
Showing the above it all is easy to setup this but I already see the questions yes but I need to do this on 5000 Windows 10 devices.
Microsoft Endpoint Management is your best friend.
Deploy VPN with Microsoft Endpoint Management
We create a Custom Template and do not select the VPN option as this is not for uploading the XML
In our Custom settings we add the Following settings
- Name: Enter a name for the configuration.
- Description: Optional description.
- OMA-URI: ./User/Vendor/MSFT/VPNv2/demo01_hub-weu/azurevpnconfig.xml (this information can be found in the azurevpnconfig.xml file in the tag Name).
- Data type: String (XML file).
Now that this is done we can create some assign ments and test this on the pilot group
As you can see there are a few steps involved and are linked together
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During Microsoft Ignite there was a lot on news about Windows Admin Center the latest build 2103 is now GA http://aka.ms/wacdownload
I’m a big fan of #WAC already wrote a couple of blog items about the product. and testing for some time now WAC in Azure, and now it is in public preview to test for us all.
Running this in your own Datacenter or on a VM in the cloud but the best part is there is also an add on in Azure, How handy is that.
Using Windows Admin Center can be done on a Windows 10 system or use a Server(core or Gui) or build this on a cluster See also my blog post about that item Deploy Windows Admin Center High Availability running on a Windows Server 2019 Cluster #winserv #WAC #WindowsAdminCenter #AzureArc #Azure #Hybrid | Robert Smit MVP Blog (wordpress.com)
Windows Admin Center, your favorite server management tool, is now available in preview in Azure. This new capability enables seamless and granular management of your Windows Server Azure IaaS virtual machines (VMs) from within the Azure portal.
Here is a short video highlighting some of the capabilities included with Windows Admin Center in the Azure portal.
Windows Admin Center in the Azure portal is available to all Windows Server customers on Azure running Windows Server 2016 or higher virtual machines in the public cloud. Create a new virtual machine today or deploy Windows Admin Center on your existing infrastructure. You can begin managing your virtual machines in Azure using Windows Admin Center by navigating to the “Windows Admin Center (preview)” blade under “Settings” in the Virtual Machine Azure portal UI. In my demo I used a Windows Server 2022 (insider build)
How does it work in Azure, Well currently only in new created VM’s the Extension will be there. When creating a fresh new VM (next next create) method the Windows admin center will be there.
Some things are clear if the VM is turned off you can’t use the WAC blade.
But keep in mind all your VM’s need a public IP and need a minimum of 3 GB memory so It won’t work for all your SKU’s
The configuration is easy the VM must be running and have an external IP to route the traffic make sure there are no open ends on the Internet with that IP address.
As you can see an NSG is placed around the VM to keep things secure. and the WAC port is been Added as inbound IP on port 6516
Now that Azure WAC is configured we can login with the VM credentials.
and If you like Bastion but think it is to expensive for you, here is the free version Azure RDP in your browser.
no other extra ports needed to have a fully web browser web RDP.
All the Windows server options are there and easy to handle like Windows update in the Azure porter / wac blade I go to the Update section and select the Updates that I want to deploy and start it and move to the next one if needed. without logging on into the server with RDP.
Want to know more about WAC here are some links to get you started.
Want to see more about Windows Admin Center and use this in Azure go Azurewac to get all the details.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/manage/windows-admin-center/azure/manage-vm?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4025011
https://robertsmit.wordpress.com/2020/09/01/make-windows-admin-center-high-available-running-on-a-windows-server-2019-cluster-winserv-runws2019-windowsadmincenter-windowsserver2019/
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/manage/windows-admin-center/overview
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