Azure point to site VPN costs

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Azure point to site VPN costs

MrFlinstone 686

After reading https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/vpn-gateway/, I was unsure if there would be a cost for user-connected sessions to the VPN gateway. I noticed that the VPN gateway does not have a configuration for disconnecting idle sessions and I was wondering if this would increase the cost of hosting a point to site VPN in Azure and what one can do about it should it be the case that the ongoing idle connection is incurring costs.

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Hi @MrFlinstone
Azure VPN Gateway is billed on an hourly basis, depending on the gateway type and SKU that you use. It's important to note that the cost of a VPN Gateway is based on the gateway type and the amount of time that gateway is provisioned and available.

For Point-to-Site (P2S) VPNs specifically, there are additional charges for VPN gateway hours, data transfer out, and the maximum number of concurrently connected devices (tunnels). However, idle sessions shouldn't significantly impact your costs, as they are not actively transferring data.

Up to 128 connections you will not be charged, after that you will need to pay : $0.01/hour per connection per connection

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