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How to install Endpoint DLP Plus on Microsoft Azure?

For those who wish to ease their server management using Microsoft Azure virtual machine, you can now install Endpoint DLP Plus on your virtual machine and secure your endpoints with ease. Know more about creating virtual machines here.

Prerequisites:

  1. Ensure that the virtual machine meets the system requirements needed to install Endpoint DLP Plus.
  2. Ensure that the virtual machine's Public IP/DNS is not blocked by any firewall and is accessible to all client computers.
  3. Open the  requisite ports on Microsoft Azure Network Security Groups for smooth communication between the Endpoint DLP Plus server and the client computers.
  4. Ensure to increase the TCP timeout.

    5. To increase the TCP timeout, follow the below steps:
    • Login to your Azure portal and select the machine in which you want to configure Endpoint DLP Plus Server.
    • Navigate to properties, and select PUBLIC IP ADDRESS/DNS NAME LABEL.
    • Increase the TCP timeout to a minimum of 10 minutes.

Steps 

After purchasing your virtual machine from Microsoft Azure, you can install Endpoint DLP Plus at your virtual machine by following the steps given below,

  1. Remotely connect to your virtual machine
  2. In that virtual machine, open your web browser
  3. Download and install Endpoint DLP Plus. 

You have now successfully installed the Endpoint DLP Plus server. To proceed further, you have to install Endpoint DLP Plus agent on the computers you want to manage. You can install agent using any of the below ways

  1. Install agents from Endpoint DLP Plus console
  2. Install agents using Windows GPO
  3. Install agents manually

Note: When you access the Endpoint DLP Plus using the virtual machine's public IP/DNS address, note that the virtual machine's public IP/DNS address changes when the machine is stopped/re-allocated. As Endpoint DLP Plus works on a agent-server model, it is recommended to use a Reserved IP address for uninteruppted communication between the server and the client computers.

You have now successfully installed Endpoint DLP Plus on Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine.