About:

Give access from a computer in the office to azure vm.

Example:

You want to copy files between any computer and azure vm.

You will need to have public IP address (of the computer) connecting to the azure vm.

Steps:

• You will need the public IP address of the office computer.
• If the environment has a static public IP address, on the office computer do that following:
  • Open browser
  • Search for “what is my ip “
  • 
• Login to azure portal. Portal.azure.com
• Go to virtual machine
• 

• Click on the VM you want to give access to
• 

• Go to networking
• 
• 
   
• Click on “Add inbound port rule”
• 

• 
   
• Source
  • Choose “IP Addresses”
• Source IP Address/CIDR range
  • Enter the public ip address of the office computer
• Source port range
  • Use *
• Destination
  • Any
• Service
  • Custom
• Destination Port Ranges
  • Here you specify the service you want to allow access to:
    • Ftp
      • Type 21
    • Sftp
      • Type 22
    • RDP
      • 3389
    • SMB (to copy files between shared folders)
      • 445
    • And so on.
• Protocol
  • Any
• Action
  • Allow
    • To allow the connection
  • Deny
    • To deny the connection
• Click Add
  • The rule will take time to be in effect.
    • Usually wait minimum 2 hours.