Microsoft Entra Unified Access Proxy

Microsoft Entra Unified Access Proxy is built for that. It delivers secure, identity-aware access to apps, APIs, and services—without punching holes in your firewall.

This is not a VPN. It’s an identity-first gateway. Entra Unified Access Proxy sits between your users and your resources, using Microsoft Entra ID to enforce conditional access policies at the edge. Authentication happens before traffic reaches your private network. This stops unauthorized requests cold and gives you visibility into every connection.

With the Unified Access Proxy, you can publish internal applications safely to external users. It supports HTTP/S, TCP, and server-terminated SSL. It integrates directly with Entra Application Proxy connectors, so you can deploy it alongside existing infrastructure with minimal change. Policies, MFA, device compliance, and session monitoring are centralized.

The architecture is simple. The connector runs inside your network. When a request comes in, the proxy authenticates through Microsoft Entra ID, checks against conditional access rules, and relays traffic only if approved. Connections are outbound-only from your network to Microsoft’s cloud, eliminating the need for inbound ports.

Security teams gain a single control plane. Developers keep existing endpoints and configurations. Because Microsoft Entra Unified Access Proxy works at the identity layer, it unifies access control for on-premises and cloud-hosted apps. No split policies. No duplicate configs. One identity authority.

Deployments take minutes. You can scale by adding connectors, route traffic intelligently, and monitor with Azure monitoring tools. The proxy integrates with logging and SIEM pipelines, giving you real-time audit trails.

If you need to give external partners or remote workers precise, time-bound access without extending your network perimeter, this is the tool. Controlled, measured, verified—every request goes through the same gate.

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