As businesses rely more on cloud-based applications, organizations with remote offices and distributed workforces must adapt their network infrastructure. Traditional WANs, often using costly MPLS or leased lines, route all traffic through centralized data centers, creating latency, performance bottlenecks, and operational complexity. Managing multiple point products adds to the challenge, increasing visibility gaps and troubleshooting difficulties.

This workshop explores how SD-WAN offers a dynamic, cost-effective alternative to static WAN architectures. Participants will learn how Fortinet’s Secure SD-WAN enhances performance, reduces costs, and integrates security directly into the network. Through centralized management and advanced traffic optimization, organizations can improve cloud application access, streamline operations, and maintain robust security across their distributed environments.

Participants who attend this workshop will learn how to:

• Apply software-defined networking (SDN) to wide-area networks in an enterprise environment.
• Implement ADVPN v1.0 using FortiManager SD-WAN Overlay Orchestration for failover, failback, and packet duplication scenarios.
• Take control of critical DIA and measure voice quality with Mean Opinion Score (MOS).
• Employ FortiAI Assistant.