Access (point to site) Azure VPN from non-OS Windows

Question

I am currently developing a solution for connecting smart devices hosted behind a router using NAT. Central Service, etc. Hosted on Azure. One idea is to integrate all Azure devices and components into a VPN using a point-to-point solution. Smart devices do not have a Windows-based operating system. The portal provides configuration for the standard Windows VPN client. Now I would like to find out if it is possible to connect to Azure VPN using other clients, and how to configure them (GateWay setup, client centitation binding, etc.).

Answer 1

If your client architecture allows this, you can install a Windows (or Linux) machine with a gateway role on the client side. You also:

• connect this machine to Azure through the SSTP VPN gateway through the point and show the service acting as a proxy server from the cloud service to local devices.
• use the Azure IoT Gateway SDK for all of this: https://azure.microsoft.com/fr-fr/blog/introducing-the-azure-iot-gateway-sdk-beta/

In any case, this architecture is more reliable. But it works only if it is possible from the point of view of your client architecture.