Service for administering Azure Firewall policies centrally, letting child policies inherit from a parent across subscriptions and regions.
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Terms in this definition
- Azure Firewall
Stateful network firewall run by Azure as a managed service; it can be placed in Virtual WAN hubs and administered through Firewall Manager.
Related terms
- Secured virtual hub
What you get once Azure Firewall Manager places Azure Firewall, or a SECaaS partner, inside a Virtual WAN hub. Putting a NAT gateway, WAF or Front Door in front is not enough to count.
- Security partner provider
A third-party SECaaS offering, such as Zscaler, that Azure Firewall Manager deploys into a Virtual WAN hub to filter traffic bound for the internet. It connects via the hub's VPN gateway and turns the hub into a secured hub.
- Zscaler
Through Azure Firewall Manager, this security partner provider can be deployed in a secured virtual hub.