Azure vWAN SD-WAN NGFW Deployment Information

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FortiGate for Azure Virtual WAN brings together Fortinet’s next-generation firewall technology with Azure vWAN, ensuring secure networking through Microsoft’s vWAN Hub.

Overview

This blog post and solution brief describe key features, benefits, and use cases for FortiGate in Azure Virtual WAN

Demo and Configuration Video

This video guides you through deploying from Azure Marketplace, deployment, connectivity, and more.

Documentation and Guides

This document provides an overview of Microsoft Azure vWAN and how Fortinet FortiGate virtual machines can be used as NVAs in a vWAN hub. It also describes how to deploy Microsoft Azure vWAN and FortiGate NVAs and how to use FortiManager to configure an SD-WAN hub and spoke overlay between the FortiGate NVAs and branch FortiGates. The FortiGate NVAs are the hub, and the branch FortiGate(s) are the spokes in the SD-WAN network. 

Key sections within this resource include:

• Design concepts and considerations:
  • Microsoft Azure vWAN and NVA overview
  • Fortinet deployment overview
  • Prerequisites for Azure virtual WAN
  • Prerequisites for SD-WAN configuration
  • Order types in vWAN
• Deployment procedures
  • Deploying vWAN on Azure
  • Prerequisites for SD-WAN configuration
  • Configuring SD-WAN on FortiManager

 

Additional information

• The 4-D documentation series for Next Generation Firewall is available on the Fortinet Document Library at https://docs.fortinet.com/4d-resources/NGFW.  
• Technical Tip: Azure vWAN NGFW with Routing Intent
• Azure vWAN NGFW Deployment Guide

You can also learn more about Azure vWAN at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-wan/virtual-wan-about