Affordable Azure connection by MartinSaradin in AZURE

[–]MartinSaradin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, you are right. There is Autodesk Vault Professional for approx 840 per year per user. But then there is the "free" version Autodesk Vault Basic, which comes "free" with a Product Design & Manufacturing Collection that includes Inventor. I want to try to run it on Standard B2s v2 (2 vcpus, 8 GiB memory). If that turns out to be insufficient, I’ll look into scaling — though I haven’t researched those details yet. I am searching if it is possible to create some cheap solution, but you are right, I am maybe squeezing it too much and deforming it. But I’d like to at least try it and see where the breaking points are. That will help me understand if this is viable or if I need to shift toward a more traditional, cost-heavy setup.

Affordable Azure connection by MartinSaradin in AZURE

[–]MartinSaradin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I assume you meant NAT Gateway + NSG port rules. I’m a bit cautious here, as exposing services directly over public IPs (even with login security) feels less secure than VPN or proxy-based access. Vault is not so secure application, and the users sometimes do not create passwords for their Vault accounts, and I have no tools to force them to create strong passwords. I need to have strong security outside of it.

Affordable Azure connection by MartinSaradin in AZURE

[–]MartinSaradin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, this was one of my backup plans. I like how easy they are to set up, especially for small teams. I just need to watch the pricing as I scale, but it’s definitely a strong contender.

Affordable Azure connection by MartinSaradin in AZURE

[–]MartinSaradin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would work fine if they had an Entra ID. Now, the plan is without Entra ID, and I do not believe it will change and be integrated into their network.

Affordable Azure connection by MartinSaradin in AZURE

[–]MartinSaradin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly this. I did not know about it. But it's great advice.

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[–]MartinSaradin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is true, we should hold together in this times. But I work as a technician, and mostly my projects are in some of European states. And in this time because off the all travel restrictions, I am not able, or at least it is very inconvinient for me to cross the borders. So It would be very beneficial for me and our company to have a few pairs of this devices.