{"id":58680,"date":"2022-09-22T20:43:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T19:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/?p=58680"},"modified":"2023-05-04T12:51:37","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T11:51:37","slug":"exciting-updates-to-windows-bastion-and-windows-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/technetuk\/2022\/09\/22\/exciting-updates-to-windows-bastion-and-windows-server\/","title":{"rendered":"Exciting updates to Windows Bastion and Windows Server"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many IT Pro skills are fundamental, no matter how the technology changes. Even in 2022 you still need to patch the Windows operating system and transfer files to and from virtual machines. We\u2019re thrilled to have exciting announcements about both capabilities!<\/p>\n

Windows Bastion supports native RDP clients (Preview)<\/h3>\n

Windows Bastion provides you with a way to connect to a Virtual Machine in Azure without the VM needing a public IP address or RDP port 3389 open to the Internet. But the browser-based remote session didn\u2019t support access to your local clipboard, to copy and paste files between your machine and your VM. Now in preview, Azure Bastion can be used by the native RDP client to \u201ctunnel through\u201d to Azure, so you can use the RDP client\u2019s file transfer ability.<\/p>\n

Check out the prerequisites and the connection steps<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hotpatch for Windows Server 2022<\/h3>\n

What if Microsoft bundled together Windows Server updates that didn\u2019t need a reboot, so you could install them with no downtime? The new Hotpatch feature of Azure Automanage does just that and is now generally available for new Windows Server 2022 Azure Edition virtual machines. The best thing about this announcement is that Hotpatch is destined for all versions of Windows, including clients. Azure Edition is just the start, as the simplest use case for us to deploy to. Just don\u2019t ask us for timeframes !<\/p>\n

Learn more about Hotpatch.<\/a><\/p>\n

Make sure you\u2019re following the ITOps Talk blog<\/a>, as we cover both the new announcements important to IT Pros, and those complex systems administration tasks with products you\u2019re already using. Drop me a note if there\u2019s something you\u2019d like us to cover!<\/p>\n

Learn more<\/h3>\n