High Availability for FortiGate-VM on Azure

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You can use FortiGate-VM in different scenarios to protect assets that are deployed in Azure virtual networks (VNet):

• Secure hybrid cloud

• Cloud security services hub

• Logical intent-based segmentation

• Secure remote access

When designing a reliable architecture in Azure, you must take resiliency and high availability (HA) into account.

View the Azure Administration Guide section: "HA for FortiGate-VM on Azure" to learn more: https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate-public-cloud/7.4.0/azure-administration-guide/983245

You can also find deployment templates on our GitHub for scenarios including

• Active-passive with external and internal Azure load balancer
• Active-passive HA with SDN connector failover
• Active-active with external and internal Azure load