Advance FortiGate Cluster Deployment on Azure

This series. provides a clear, practical walkthrough of deploying an Active-Passive NVA cluster on Microsoft Azure, addressing common misconceptions about how cloud-based firewall clusters differ from traditional physical deployments. I explained the official Fortinet reference architecture, licensing options, and the correct Azure Marketplace template to use, emphasizing why certain HA designs should be avoided. The session dives into Azure-specific networking concepts such as VNets, subnet segmentation, availability zones, and public IP behavior during failover, highlighting how FortiGate HA is adapted to Azure’s software-defined networking model. By the end of the video, viewers gain a solid architectural foundation and configuration roadmap, setting the stage for hands-on testing and workload validation in the next part of the series.