Example for configuring SSH connectivity does not highlight core value add (the "Why") (and needs to start SSHD)

[DarwinJS]

I mistook this page as simply configuring regular SSH.

The core value proposition here is a much better security profile by proxing ssh requests through the Azure API so that ports do not need to be opened, azure public IPs & subnets avoided and no security groups to allow ingress of port 22 from the internet or Azure CloudShell - but that is not mentioned at the start. (the "Why")

The az ssh approach should also negate the need to: create a bastion host, create public subnets or create a public IP.

I had done all of that and ended up also opening the SSH port on the client so I could use regular ssh which is also installed in Azure CloudShell.

It would be helpful to outline the security benefits to proxying through the azure client.

Also, because sshd does not start automatically (as mentioned in #108924) my journey becomes a common path - that of assuming the port must be open and a public IP address or bastion subnet must be available.

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• Content: Connect using SSH to an Azure VM running Windows - Azure Virtual Machines
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[Naveenommi-MSFT]

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