Can Azure connect to a non-"Azure Connect" IPsec VPN?

I have an IPsec VPN (also PPTP if that works better) that I need my Azure roles to be able to connect into. I can't use Windows Azure Connect since I don't have any ability to reconfigur开发者_StackOverflow中文版e the VPN or its host machine; it is provided by a vendor.

Is it possible to ask Azure roles to connect into the VPN?

You can't do this because IPsec and PPTP both require other protocols besides TCP/IP.

An TCP-based VPN solution like OpenVPN would work, however.

Can you ask your vendor to install Windows Azure Connect endpoint software? You just need to give him the install link; he can launch the install using the install link, it is a one-click process. This is probably the easiest and most reliable way to enable your scenario. It is a huge task if not impossible to setup VPN manually on the Azure machine to connect to your local VPN server, and remember you will need to set that for each role instance. Ask your vendor to click the install link for Connect endpoint is the way to go.