If you are running virtual machines on Azure, you may already know that you can use Azure Bastion to allow accessing the VM using remote desktop or SSH without opening these management ports over the internet.
Well, good news as if you need to learn about Bastion or use it in a development/test environment, you can now use the new Azure Bastion Developer SKU which is less expensive than the Basic or Standard SKU, but also provide less capabilities.
When using the Developer SKU, you can connect to only 1 virtual machine at a time.
Unlike the Basic and Standard SKU’s, the Developer does not need nor use the AzureBastionSubnet subnet in the virtual network and does not need neither a public IP.
You can compare all 3 SKU’s in the below table:
| Feature | Developer SKU | Basic SKU | Standard SKU |
| Connect to target VMs in same virtual network |
X |
X |
X |
| Connect to target VMs in peered virtual networks |
X |
X |
|
| Support for concurrent connections |
X |
X |
|
| Access Linux VM Private Keys in Azure Key Vault (AKV) |
X |
X |
|
| Connect to Linux VM using SSH |
X |
X |
X |
| Connect to Windows VM using RDP |
X |
X |
X |
| Connect to Linux VM using RDP |
X |
||
| Connect to Windows VM using SSH |
X |
||
| Specify custom inbound port |
X |
||
| Connect to VMs using Azure CLI |
X |
||
| Host scaling |
X |
||
| Upload or download files |
X |
||
| Kerberos authentication |
X |
X |
|
| Shareable link |
X |
||
| Connect to VMs via IP address |
X |
||
| VM audio output |
X |
X |
X |
| Disable copy/paste (web-based clients) |
X |
During the preview, the Developer SKU is only available in the following region:
- Central US EUAP
- East US 2 EUAP
- West Central US
- North Central US
- West US
- North Europe
Similar to the Basic and Standard SKU’s, you can upgrade from the Developer SKU to any of the other ones.