With Sophos Firewall v20 now accessible for early entry, we can be overlaying a number of the prime new options each week main as much as launch.

In final week’s article, we coated the brand new VPN enhancements in Sophos Firewall v20. This week, we’ll take a look on the newest enhancements to Azure Lively Listing authentication and group imports with Sophos Firewall v20.

Try this fast video overview of the brand new Azure AD enhancements…

Right here’s an outline of what’s been enhanced with Azure AD on Sophos Firewall v20:

Azure AD SSO for captive portal – Sophos Firewall OS v19.5 added Azure AD SSO for the webadmin portal and with v20, it provides help for consumer authentication to the captive portal utilizing Azure AD credentials.

Azure group import – Now you can benefit from the brand new import assistant for Azure AD teams to import simply these teams that match attributes you specify or just import all teams. This eliminates the necessity for guide group creation.

Automated Azure RBAC – If a consumer’s function adjustments in Azure, the firewall will robotically promote or demote them on their subsequent login to their new function and apply the suitable profile and privileges.

Early Entry Program

Try all the good new options in SFOS v20 in the present day and assist us make this launch the perfect it may be by collaborating within the early entry program. Go to the SFOS v20 EAP registration web page to get began.

The Sophos Firewall OS v20 EAP launch is a totally supported improve from any beforehand supported firmware model, together with the latest v19.5 MR3 launch.

When you’re up and operating, please present suggestions by means of your Sophos Firewall’s suggestions mechanism (prime proper of each display screen in your Firewall). Additionally go to our EAP group boards to share your experiences with others.