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Summary

There are many scenarios in which we have to work on Microsoft Azure Cloud doing experiments and LABs, or we have to set up some Application Server’s on which different people have to work like a team, such as a team of developer is working on a project which is hosted on Microsoft Azure plate form and the developers are located in different Geolocation. These kinds of scenarios for which Azure provides Point to Site VPN Secure connectivity so that every individual connect remotely with a secure SSTP VPN connection and perform his job.

A Point-to-Site (P2S) configuration lets you create a secure connection from an individual client computer to a virtual network. P2S is a VPN connection over SSTP (Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol). Point-to-Site connections are useful when you want to connect to your VNet from a remote location, such as from home or a conference, or when you only have a few clients that need to connect to a virtual network. P2S connections do not require a VPN device or a public-facing IP address. You establish the VPN connection from the client computer. In this Lab, we will walk through the steps involved in setting up a remote P2S VPN with Microsoft Windows Azure Cloud plate form.

Setup for Azure VPN

Following is LAB scenario and requirement



We need to following requirements before we start P2S VPN.

Windows Azure Virtual Network

After successful login click New and search Virtual Network



Select Virtual Network, Select Resource Group and Click Create


 

Virtual Network Properties

Fill out Virtual Network properties as per your Network



Location you can choose as per your nearest Azure Data Center and click create it will take approximate 2 to 3 minutes and V Network will be created.

View Properties of Virtual Network

You can view newly created virtual network settings, resource group and address space.



Creating Azure Virtual Network Gateway

Click on New and in search bar type virtual Network Gateway, it will give you the option to create VNG. Virtual Network Gateway will provide you the facility to connect from outside of the world and will act as edge router/firewall at your Azure Network.



Click on VNG

Click on Create when it gives you the option for Virtual Network Gateway



On Virtual Network Gateway, you have to provide its, Name, Select Gateway Type, VPN Type, SKU, SKU means Small production workloads on dedicated hardware. Highly available. Capacity is up to 3 replicas and 1 partition (2 GB) it is basically a pricing tier, and Virtual Network selection which we already created.



Choose a Public IP Address

Give a name to your Public IP, it will automatically assign one dynamic public IP address.



You can see the full property of the Public IP Address Name



Click OK to create the name of Public IP Address.





Click Create, it will take approximately 45 minutes to get things done for you.

At this step, we have done Azure part, we will come back to Azure when Gateway creation is finish and we will be done the Certification creation part.

Installation of Windows 10 SDK


As we are using Windows 10 for this Lab, so we have to install Windows 10 SDK (10.0.15063.0), you can install SDK as per your environment. SDK installation steps are simple so I am not adding those in the manual. You can find Windows 10 SDK from below link.

https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/windows-10-sdk

Installation of Root Certificate


After successful installation of Windows 10 SDK, open PowerShell and reach to this path

PS C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.15063.0\x64> Once you reach here type cmd  



Set Path by this command

SET PATH=%PATH%;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.15063.0\x64;



Create a directory in C:\temp\Azure and Generate the Root Certificate


Generating Root Certificate


makecert -sky exchange -r -n "CN=MyAzureLabRootCert" -pe -a sha1 -len 2048 -ss My "MyAzureLabRootCert.cer"



View the Certificate in Directory

Generating the Client Certificate

We need to run this command to generate the client certificate.

makecert.exe -n "CN=MyAzureLabClientCert" -pe -sky exchange -m 96 -ss My -in "MyAzureLabRootCert" -is my -a sha1



If succeeded you are good to go.

Exporting Root Certificate From MMC

Now we have to go to Certificate Manage to verify these certificates

• Load MMC, Add the Certificates snap-in for my user account.
• Go into personal --> Certificates

makecert.exe -n "CN=MyAzureLabClientCert" -pe -sky exchange -m 96 -ss My -in "MyAzureLabRootCert" -is my -a sha1