Cisco
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Network Design
Secure Cisco SD-WAN for Azure Virtual WAN and MS-365/Teams (SDWAZU)
Course content

Cisco SD-WAN Solution Overview

  • Industry trends, shift towards Multi-Cloud world

Cisco SD-WAN Architecture, Terminology and Key functions

  • Embedded Security
  • Cloud Security with Cisco Umbrella

Cloud Connectivity

  • Azure cloud networking –
    • vWAN and vHub introduction
    • Site to cloud connectivity for SD-WAN and non-SD-WAN
  • Azure Transit VNet and Azure Virtual WAN (vWAN) difference and why Azure vWAN over transit VNet architecture
  • Design considerations and limitations
  • Inter-region hub to hub connectivity for Multi-cloud

Cloud onRamp for Multi-Cloud for Azure Virtual WAN

  • Architecture and components
  • Design considerations
    • Azure Virtual WAN (vWAN)
    • Difference between deployment using managed app vs Cloud OnRamp
  • Features
    • Secured Virtual Hub integration and use cases
    • Audit feature
    • Scale up and scale down
    • Express Route connectivity
    • Port hardening
    • Dashboard and monitoring
    • PayG using Azure marketplace
  • Customer case study
  • Best Practices and Licensing

Cloud onRamp for SaaS for MS-365/Teams

  • SaaS adoption
  • Architecture and components
    • Gateway, Client and DIA sites
    • DNS resolution and traffic forwarding
    • Performance measurements
    • Understanding vQoE
  • Deployment Options
    • No DIA, Single DIA and Dual DIA, Single DIA + Gateway sites
  • URL and Service area categorization for MS-365/Teams traffic
  • Microsoft Informed Network routing
  • Load balancing