Firewall Manager (SFM) on Azure

Question

I'm looking to centrally manage multiple XG firewalls, but unfortunately the Sophos Cloud Firewall Manager is only available for Sophos partners. Alternative is using the SFM. Since I don't have any on-prem data centre to my disposal, I'd like to see if the the firewall manager can run in the cloud. 
 Does anyone have experience in uploading the VHD files to Azure and running the Firewall Manager on Azure? 
 kind regards, 
 JH

FloSupport · Accepted Answer

Hey Speakup N. 
 Our IAAS Team has kindly provided this how-to on setting up SFM on Azure (Nested Virtualization): 
 
 https://github.com/iaasteamtemplates/community-public-cloud-docs/blob/master/sophos-sfm-in-azure-nestedvm.pdf 
 
 If there are any questions on this type of deployment, further information can be obtained by sending an email to them via publiccloud@sophos.com 
 Please also see ByronWatson 's post below :) 
 Best,

ByronWatson · Answer

Hi Gerry, 
 
 Yes, we have documentation about how to deploy SFM on Azure. It is a nested virtualization solution where a ARM template will create a virtual host for SFM services. Please send an email to IaaS@sophos.com with a request for additional information about how to deploy SFM on Azure. 
 
 Cheers, 
 
 Byron

ByronWatson · Answer

Hi JH, 
 
 Please send an email to the Sophos Public Cloud team at IaaS@sophos.com for information about deploying SFM on Azure to manage multiple Sophos XG firewalls. One of us can provide you with the resources and a Q & A chat to help understand deployment and managing SFM on Azure. 
 
 Cheers, 
 
 Byron