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View or upgrade a SKU

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This article helps you view and upgrade your Bastion SKU. Once you upgrade, you can't revert back to a lower SKU without deleting and reconfiguring Bastion. For more information about features and SKUs, see Configuration settings.

Hourly pricing starts from the moment that Bastion is deployed, regardless of outbound data usage. For more information, see Pricing and SKUs. If you're deploying Bastion as part of a tutorial or test, we recommend that you delete this resource after you finish using it.

View a SKU

To view the SKU for your bastion host, use the following steps.

  1. Sign in to the Azure portal.

  2. In the Azure portal, go to your bastion host.

  3. In the left pane, select Configuration to open the Configuration page. In the following example, Bastion is configured to use the Developer SKU tier. Notice that the SKU affects the features that you can configure for Bastion. You can upgrade to a higher SKU using the steps in the next sections.

    Screenshot of the configuration page with the Developer SKU.

Upgrade from the Developer SKU

When you upgrade from a Developer SKU to a dedicated deployment SKU, you need to create a public IP address and an Azure Bastion subnet.

Use the following steps to upgrade to a higher SKU.

  1. In the Azure portal, go to your virtual network and add a new subnet. The subnet must be named AzureBastionSubnet and must be /26 or larger. (/25, /24 etc.). This subnet will be used exclusively by Azure Bastion.

  2. Next, go to the portal page for your Bastion host.

  3. On the Configuration page, for Tier, select a SKU. Notice that the available features change, depending on the SKU you select. The following screenshot shows the required values.

    Screenshot of tier select dropdown with Standard selected.

  4. Create a new public IP address value unless you have already created one for your bastion host, in which case, select the value.

  5. Because you already created the AzureBastionSubnet, the Subnet field will automatically populate.

  6. You can add features at the same time you upgrade the SKU. You don't need to upgrade the SKU and then go back to add the features as a separate step.

  7. Select Apply to apply changes. The bastion host updates. This takes about 10 minutes to complete.

Upgrade from a Basic SKU

Use the following steps to upgrade to a higher SKU.

  1. In the Azure portal, go to your Bastion host.

  2. On the Configuration page, for Tier, select a higher SKU.

  3. You can add features at the same time you upgrade the SKU. You don't need to upgrade the SKU and then go back to add the features as a separate step.

  4. Select Apply to apply changes. The bastion host updates. This takes about 10 minutes to complete.

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