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moving to sophos central - advise please

Hi

Currently we manage some XG's vis Sophos XG Firewall Manager, but most of the time people log on the XG devices themselves and make the changes.  We only have some config set on XG Firewall manager.

We are looking to move to Sophos Central as we have this already in place now. 

So a few questions that I cant find direct answers for online.

1. If we move to Sophos Central can we still access the XG devices internally in the same way we do now, or do we have to do all management via Sophos Central ?

2. If we move to Sophos Central and find it does not suit our needs is it just a matter of disabling it and we are back to managing them standalone ? 

3. The process to move to Sophos Central appears to be straightforward just a matter of register the device and add in Sophos central is it as simple as this or has anyone come across any issues ? Im thinking about things like AD integration, I assume this is ran from the XG devices themselves as they obviously point to internal IPs for domain controllers and such like.

Many Thanks 



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  • Hello ,

    Good day!

    Please find the answers of question.

    1. If we move to Sophos Central can we still access the XG devices internally in the same way we do now, or do we have to do all management via Sophos Central ?

    Yes, Administrator can access XG Device internally as well as from the Sophos Central.

    2. If we move to Sophos Central and find it does not suit our needs is it just a matter of disabling it and we are back to managing them standalone ? 

    Yes, we can disable the Central Management and can mange standalone.

    3. The process to move to Sophos Central appears to be straightforward just a matter of register the device and add in Sophos central is it as simple as this or has anyone come across any issues ? Im thinking about things like AD integration, I assume this is ran from the XG devices themselves as they obviously point to internal IPs for domain controllers and such like.

    Please enable Sophos Central management of your XG Firewall using this link: https://docs.sophos.com/nsg/sophos-firewall/18.0/Help/en-us/webhelp/onlinehelp/common/learningContent/CentralManageXG.html

    Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agY-s7wK-r0

    Hope this helps! Slight smile

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    Thank & Regards,

    Nilesh Mojidra

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