Configure Application Security Groups in Azure

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Configure Application Security Groups in Azure

Application Security Groups (ASG) are a feature within Azure that helps simplify the management of Network Security Group (NSG) rules. In this lab, you will have the opportunity to learn about how to create and implement an ASG for some pre-configured network resources. After completing this lab, you will be familiar with the purpose of an ASG, how to create one, and how to associate it with a virtual machine and NSG.

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Lab Info

Level

Intermediate

Last updated

Sep 24, 2025

Duration

30m

Challenge

Create an Application Security Group

Use the Azure Portal to perform the following tasks. Please log in with the credentials provided to you for this lab.

Please take note of the region in use for all of the resources that have been deployed for you, as we will need to use the same region in the following steps.

Create an Application Security Group

Create an Application Security Group for the webservers named webserver-asg.
Challenge

Associate WEBVM1 with the Application Security Group

Use the Azure Portal to perform the following tasks. Please log in with the credentials provided to you for this lab.

We need to associate our WEBVM1 with the application security group that we just created.

Associate WEBVM1 with the Application Security Group

Associate our webserver-asg to our VM.
Challenge

Update the Network Security Group to Use the Application Security Group
Use the Azure Portal to perform the following tasks. Please log in with the credentials provided to you for this lab.

Update the Network Security Group Inbound Rules to use the Application Security Group

Update the NSG inbound security rules to use the Application Security Group as the destination

Note: You may now choose to verify that the network security group is working as expected by connecting to webvm1 using RDP.

To do so, use an RDP client from your computer, and connect via the public IP address.

The credentials are as follows:
- Username: azureuser
- Password: (Use password provided in the credentials section)

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