Using RDP to Connect to Virtual Machines in a Scale Set
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You are planning to create a virtual network that has a scale set that contains six virtual machines (VMs).
A monitoring solution on a different network will need access to the VMs inside the scale set.
You need to define public access to the VMs.
Solution: Use Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) to connect to the VM in the scale set.
Does the solution meet the goal?
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Instead, deploy a standalone VM that has a public IP address to the virtual network.
No, the solution provided does not meet the goal of providing the monitoring solution access to the VMs inside the scale set.
Using RDP to connect to the VMs in the scale set only provides access to a single VM at a time and does not provide public access to the VMs. This solution also does not allow the monitoring solution to gather information or metrics from the VMs inside the scale set, which is likely the main goal of the monitoring solution.
To provide public access to the VMs inside the scale set, you need to configure an Azure Load Balancer or an Azure Application Gateway in front of the scale set. This allows traffic to be load-balanced across the VMs in the scale set, and allows the monitoring solution to gather information and metrics from the VMs inside the scale set.
Once the Load Balancer or Application Gateway is configured, you can then define inbound rules to allow traffic from the monitoring solution to the VMs inside the scale set. This can be done using Network Security Groups (NSGs) or Azure Firewall.
In summary, using RDP to connect to the VMs in the scale set does not provide public access or allow the monitoring solution to gather information from the VMs. The correct solution would be to configure an Azure Load Balancer or an Azure Application Gateway in front of the scale set and define inbound rules to allow traffic from the monitoring solution.
