This week at Microsoft Ignite, in alignment with the Microsoft announcement of General Availability of Azure Virtual WAN, Citrix is pleased to announce GA of Citrix SD-WAN 10.1.1, featuring full support of this important new cloud connectivity service. Immediately, organizations running workloads on Azure can benefit from:
- Simplified and automated large-scale branch office connectivity to Azure
- Unified network and security policy management
- Optimized routing using Microsoft’s global high-speed network
If you haven’t already read up on this valuable new technology, I encourage you to review the materials on our web site. As one of only two Microsoft partners to participate in the Azure Virtual WAN Preview Program that launched in July — and, in my opinion, the only one with an enterprise-class SD-WAN solution — Citrix has continued to lead the SD-WAN market. With Citrix SD-WAN 10.1.1, not only can customers optimize bandwidth utilization and intelligently steer traffic for the best user experience, but also they can have a solution that fully automates site provisioning and configuration. Even large-scale enterprise networks with thousands of branch offices can be quickly brought online, thanks to advanced automation, template-based cloning and zero-touch deployment.
Microsoft’s Azure network offers over 130 edge sites serving 54 Azure regions globally. With over 100,000 miles of fiber, this state-of-the-art network provides low latency, high-bandwidth connectivity around the world.
To learn more about Azure Virtual WAN, look for the session recording from Ignite BRK2040 by Yousef Khalidi, Corporate Vice President, Azure Networking, Microsoft.
If you’re at the Microsoft Ignite conference this week in Orlando, be sure to visit us in the Citrix Booth 414.
Derek Thorslund
Sr. Director of Product Management, SD-WAN
