Azure VPN – Point to Site – Part 2/2

Welcome to part 2 of the Azure VPN blog, here you can find part 1. This part of the blog explains how to configure Azure VPN with Always ON and Azure Active Directory authentication and MFA. This will allow Modern Managed Azure AD Joined Windows 10 workplace to connect secure to the Azure network, and if required and you have a route back to on-premises you will be able to connect to on-premises network as well.

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Azure VPN – Part 1/2

This new Azure related blog describes how to extend your on-premises network to the Azure datacenter. The blog explains how to create an Azure Virtual Network, create VPN gateway, and connect it to your on-premises environment. In part 2 we expand this solution with Point-to-Site VPN, with Always ON – Azure VPN, allowing Modern Managed clients to connect via VPN to Azure Virtual Network, and if required to your on-premises network.


This picture shows the setup we are going to create in this BLOG.

The blog assumes you have basic knowledge about networking and how the Azure portal works. The region I usually work in is West Europe. Please adjust your region to you preferred Azure Region.

Part 1: Site-to-Site VPN

  1. Create Azure VNET
  2. Create Azure Virtual Network Gateway
  3. Create Virtual Machine in Azure
  4. Create Site-2-Site between Azure and Sophos XG
    1. Configure Azure
    2. Configure Sophos XG
    3. Proof of the pudding

Coming Soon: Part 2: Azure VPN (Point-to-Site)

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