Trying to access SharePoint Site, Hosted in Azure, from public Internet

Question

I am looking for basic guidance on how to browse a SharePoint 2013 Environment, Hosted in
Azure, from a PC not located on the same network. In other words from an internet connected PC. I believe this was working until some Azure or Windows update took place, and now I can no longer connect to my environment
via SharePoint Designer, IE, or ShareGate migration tool. (I am NOT looking to open up a public facing website with Anonymous access.)
Currently when I try to access http://Server_Name.cloudapp.net I end up looking at a IIS 8 Splash Screen.
There seems to be a combination of settings that need to be in order for this to happen. I believe they fall into the following topics Any help is appreciated.
Azure Settings:
DNS name: SERVER_NAME.cloudapp.net
ENDPOINTS
IIS Settings:
Bindings
DNS Server Settings:
Host A Records
SharePoint Settings:
Alternate Access Mappings
Other:
Hosts File
Windows Server Firewall
 

Answer 1

Hi,
How did you publish the SharePoint site hosted in Azure to Internet?
I recommend to follow the link below to see if the issue still occurs:
http://thuansoldier.net/?p=4044
As Microsoft Azure changes public virtual IP address every time you turn on your virtual machine, please make sure you check the new address then assign it to SharePoint AAM again.
Thanks,
Victoria
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